Open MMC.exe by going to Start > Run > mmc.exe In the menu bar, go to “File” and choose “Add/Remove Snap-in” That would open a new window and we need to look for “SQL Server Configuration Manager”. Highlight that and hit “Add” And then hit OK. SQL Server Configuration Manager. The SQL Server Configuration Manager is a Microsoft Management Console snap-in. Here I have two different versions of the SQL Server Manager snap-in on my machine. Using the SQL Server configuration manager, we can perform the following tasks: Change Client protocols Create and configure an alias You can find the SQL Server Configuration Manager snap-in in the C:\Windows\SysWow64 directory, as shown below.