Issue with Bm.exe

You get the following error message when configuring BAM or deploying Bam activity/view:

Microsoft.BizTalk.Bam.Management.BamManagerException: Encountered error while executing command on SQL Server “”. —> System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 – Could not open a connection to SQL Server) —> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: The system cannot find the file specified

Issue: Either SQL server is not installed on the server or the service is not started. Even in a multi server deployment, You will still need to install SQL server native client on the BizTalk server for Bam to work properly.