If you are a developer experiencing “Connect to Server” errors using SQL Server Management Studio on your local machine or development box, consult the checklist below to quickly find, and fix ...

SQL Live! speaker Bill Vaughn guides you through the maze of issues you''ll face as you connect to, manage, and monitor SQL Server instances.

Click "SQL Server Management Studio" to open the Connect to Server dialog box. Select a server on your network.

Click on "SQL Server Management Studio." The Management Studio program displays the "Connect to Server" dialog box. Select a SQL server computer name in the "Connect to Server" dialog.

Reason: login failed for user 'sa'. Please verify SQL Server is running and check your SQL Server Registration properties (by right-clicking on the SERVER1 node) and try again.</pre> ...

PolyBase, a data virtualization feature for SQL Server, allows users to seamlessly query data from various external sources directly using T-SQL (Transact-SQL) without the need for separate client ...