SQL Server Configuration Manager is a tool that allows you to manage the security settings of your SQL Server instances, services, and network protocols. In this article, you will learn how to use ...

According to Rikalous, installing Business Intelligence Development Studio is necessary. Upon installing SQL Server 2008 you need to select the Client tools option under the Client tools section of ...

First, it can be configured through SQL Server Configuration Manager. Figure 1 shows a listing of all the SQL Server Services. Right-clicking on the name of the instance, selecting "Properties", and ...

The latest version of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) was unveiled by Dinakar Nethi, senior program manager for Azure Data, in an April 24 post on the SQL Server Blog.

Figure 2. The SQL Server Management Studio interface. After gathering the pertinent information about my database, I verified that I could connect to the database from the local system by bringing up ...