On Object Explorer, click Connect > Database Engine.... Fill out the Connect to Server form and click Connect: If you're connecting to an Azure SQL Server, you might get prompted to sign in to create ...

To verify that your SQL Server connection succeeded, expand and explore the objects within Object Explorer where the server name, the SQL Server version, and the username are displayed.

In my recent article, I showed how to connect .NET 4.0 C# and Visual Basic applications to SQL Server 2012 databases using .NET classes. That article and its examples focused on .NET 4.0 desktop ...

The mssql extension for Visual Studio Code, used to support SQL Server connections and T-SQL editing, has been updated with IntelliCode functionality and a new Object Explorer, among other new ...

Figure 6. We have really just dipped our toe into the water that is using SMO with PowerShell to explore and report on various portions of SQL server and its database and tables. We can also do things ...

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 ...

Click "Tools," then "Options," then SQL Server Object Explorer" in Management Studio to open the object explorer. Right-click the "Databases" folder in Object Explorer, and click "Synchronize ...