Error connecting to a SQL Server - The wait operation timed out [0xFFFFFFFE] (4339590)

Time Details Severity Alarm Snoozed By Snoozed Until Connection Ack by Ack Comment  Cannot connect to SQL Server instance 'NNN' : Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding. : The wait operation timed out [0xFFFFFFFE] High Monitored Server - SQL Server Connection Failure NNNNN

Cannot connect to SQL Server instance 'NNNN' : Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding. : The wait operation timed out [0xFFFFFFFE] High Monitored Server - SQL Server Connection Failure.

Connecting to the Windows server with Spotlight but not the SQL Server using Spotlight