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title: "Client Protocols (SQL Server Configuration Manager)"
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ms.date: "03/14/2017"
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# Client Protocols (SQL Server Configuration Manager)
[!INCLUDE[appliesto-ss-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md-winonly](../../includes/appliesto-ss-xxxx-xxxx-xxx-md-winonly.md)]
  To configure the order that protocols are used by the [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../../includes/msconame-md.md)] [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] clients on this computer, right-click **ClientProtocols** in the console pane, and then click **Properties**, or right-click the a protocol in the details pane, and then click **Order**.  
  
 To configure the properties of the client protocols used by the [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] clients on this computer, in the console pane click **ClientProtocols**, in the details pane right-click the desired protocol, and then click **Properties**.