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 ...

A connection could not be established to SERVER1. Reason: login failed for user 'sa'. Please verify SQL Server is running and check your SQL Server Registration properties (by right-clicking on the ...

main office/domain with a local SQL server on the domain, users connect using ODBC connection w/ windows auth 2nd company/domain at a remote location, people vpn (windows pptp) to access file shares ...

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 ...

Docker containers are great for SQL Server development and test scenarios, as they allow database administrators and developers to deploy SQL Server instances within seconds. Users are able to spin up ...