Fix SQL Server connection problems 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 ...

Using a series of demos drawn from his latest book, Bill guides you through the maze of issues you'll face as you connect to, manage, and monitor SQL Server instances—including the new SQL Express ...

I need to connect to a SQL server that is in a different domain (completely different active directory forest) but the server is only configured for WindowsAuth and I can't change that. Obviously ...

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> ...

Listing 1 shows a simple Action method using ADO.NET to submit a SQL statement to SQL Server 2016, retrieving a JSON result and returning it to the client that called the method.