Property error when linking SQL Servers
There are two differing "best practices" for using SQL Server Management Studio when managing SQL Server.


Use the same version of SQL Server Management Studio as that of the server you are managing.  In this case that means you should use SSMS that comes with SQL Server 2014; one source would be ENU\x64\SQLManagementStudio_x64_ENU.exe.
Use the latest-and-greatest version of SQL Server Management Studio.  As of now (2018-07-05), that would be SSMS 17.8.1, which is available free from Microsoft here.