Server ‘SERVERNAME’ is not configured for RPC
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The other thing to check is if the server is even configured to allow RPC. To check this run sp_helpserver and it will display a list of settings in the STATUS column. If you do not see RPC, RPC Out listed there they are not enabled and setting your linked server up correctly won’t help the situation any. If they are not listed and you would like to enable them the following commands will do that. Again, using our MYPROD server example: exec sp_serveroption @server='MYPROD', @optname='rpc', @optvalue='TRUE' exec sp_serveroption @server='MYPROD', @optname='rpc out', @optvalue='TRUE' From now on, as long as everything is configured correctly, you will be able to execute stored procedures to and from linked servers.