title: How to host Laravel application on Windows Server 2012 using SQL server database
body: <p>I am trying to install a laravel application on a Windows Server 2012 and using SQL Server. I have added the following extensions to the ext folder</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>php_pdo_sqlsrv_73_ts.dll</li>
  <li>php_sqlsrv_73_ts.dll</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>And I have also updated the php.ini with the following</p>
  
  <pre><code>extension=php_pdo_sqlsrv_73_ts.dll
  extension=php_sqlsrv_73_ts.dll
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If I remote into the server and run the application, it runs. However when I try to access the application from the public IP, I get the following error:</p>
  
  <p>could not find driver (SQL: select top 6 * from [BANK_TRANS] order by [TRANSACTION_DATE] desc)</p>
  
  <p>What am I getting wrong?</p>