List Ports in Use
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Lots of applications for this simple command. Yesterday, I was troubleshooting a SQL connection issue and even though I had enabled TCP/IP in protocols, I was still unable to make a connection. As a sanity check, I ran a shortened version of the command below which showed me that 1433 was not open and ultimately brought me to the source of the problem.
Launch a Command Prompt as the administrator (right click, CMD, select Run As Administrator).
Enter the following command: