This is working with Sql Server version 2008 R2 Here are the other versions of software that might be helpful: How is remote debugging allowed on Microsoft SQL Management studio? This question might be misunderstood. I am not sitting at the computer where Microsoft SQL Management studio resides and I am attempting to debug a remote database. That is not the issue I am having at all. Instead, I have remoted into a client's server by their request and also I am trying to debug an issue they are having. You see, this is how things are evolving in our world. More and more there are situations where a developer is working from home and has to remote into a client's system do get some work done. When I open up their studio software on their side, if I try to debug or execute a command, I get this error message: I want to be able to instruct them, on their side, what they need to do to make this problem go away. Please advise.