Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools. To provide an example using real source, I created a simple Winforms ...

By default, SSMS attempts to use the Named Pipes Provider when trying to connect with localhost specified as the Server name. Changing to localhost,1433 or setting the Network protocol to TCP/IP (from ...

One way that organizations are storing data in the cloud is by moving their databases to the cloud. What once meant building an entire physical server, patching it, installing software like Microsoft ...

To test a SQL database connection, you'll need at least four pieces of information: the user name password, database name and endpoint (such as a DNS name or IP address). For this article, we're only ...

Manually create environment variables in your solution or set a switch in your app to auto-create them for you when you add a data source to your app while in your solution. Note that this feature is ...

The SQL Server connection using Azure AD authentication will not be shared when an app is shared. This is similar to how authentication works for Office 365 Outlook, SharePoint and other Azure AD ...