So I am having a strange issue with some users connecting to Sql via servername/instancename. These are the variables...
All users can connect when on the local network.
All users are connecting to VPN over the exact same vpn config
The vpn is set to allow any/any for users.
Out of the 16 Sql servers we have, only 2 of them are not working.
DBA's can only connect to these boxes using ServerName:PortNumber when on VPN.
When we give the DBA's domain admin privileges, they are able to connect to the 2 Sql boxes for about 24 hours.
Domain Admins can connect to the boxes fine.
I have checked registry permissions for HKLM\Software\Microsoft SQL Server\Instance Names and DBA's are granted access to this entry via the local administrator group.
DBA's are local administrators on these boxes.
The boxes are Windows Server 2003 R2 running Sql 2005
The local...