Error: Unable to connect to SQL Server on remote machine

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Unable to connect to SQL Server on remote machine name. Access denied. Verify that you have installed the remote debugger on the remote machine. If the remote machine is not on a domain, or if Visual Studio is running as a local account, the remote machine must have an account with the same user name and password as the local account.

To correct this error

• See Remote Debugging.

Debugging SQL