
You can also get below error similar to error 53 under below details.Īn error has occurred while establishing a connection to the server. (Provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 – Could not open a connection on SQL Server) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error : 53)” The server was not found or was not accessible verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. The details about SQL error 53 are given as “ A network-related or instance specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server.


Today, I will explain how to fix SQL Server error 53 (The network path was not found).
