SQL server configuration manager does not appear.

SQL server configuration manager does not appear.

There are certain reasons why over time in Windows 10, the SQL server configuration manager database management program does not appear.

SQL server configuration manager is a plugin that interacts with SQL server services, its function is to manage SQL services.

Now because SQL server configuration manager does not appear, here we go with the possible solutions.

Solution number 1: Know the exact location of SQL server configuration manager.

On the Microsoft Windows solutions page, they say the last five versions are installed in the following path.

Version                                   Path

SQL Server 2019            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SQLServerManager15.msc

SQL Server 2017            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SQLServerManager14.msc

SQL Server 2016            C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SQLServerManager13.msc

SQL Server 2014 (12.x)   C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SQLServerManager12.msc

SQL Server 2012 (11.x)   C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SQLServerManager11.msc

To find it in another way is by typing in the Windows search box, depending on the version of SQL.

SQL Server 2008 SQLServerManager10.msc

SQL Server 2012 SQLServerManager11.msc

SQL Server 2014 SQLServerManager12.msc

SQL Server 2016 SQLServerManager13.msc

SQL Server 2017 SQLServerManager14.msc

SQL Server 2019 SQLServerManager15.msc

Solution numbers 2: If you can't find the main SQL configuration manager. To open this file directly from the console, do the following steps:

Step 1> Search for the "MMC" file to execute or in Windows search, we execute it as administrator.

Step 2> Select file and then Add or remove add-ons.

Step 3> Once this is done, a box will open and we must go down until we find the SQL server configuration manager, we select the following is to add the complement and then we click Ok.

Once this is done, the SQL server configuration manager will open.