Click on the "Finder" icon in the Dock. Open the Go menu at the top of the screen and click "Connect to Server." Enter the IP address or hostname of the server to access in the pop-up window.

Windows 7 includes an ODBC manager that lets you connect from your desktop to a SQL server. You create a data source name (DSN) to save database setup information, so you can open a connection to th ...

The Connection Properties dialog opens. For my sample ITworld application, I changed the data source to Microsoft SQL Server (SQLClient), and entered the necessary Server, Log On, and database values.