How to connect to an MS SQL database from your PC

This article guides you how to remotely connect to an SQL Server database on our ASP.NET hosting.

  1. Install Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio.
  2. Open it. You will be greeted by a “Connect to Server” window. In that window fill in connection details as following:
    • Server type: Database Engine
    • Server name: the name of the server that you use to open your web control panel.
    • Authentication: SQL Server Authentication
    • Use the login and password that you specified during the database creation.
      How to connect to an MS SQL database from your PC
  3. Click “Connect” and you will get a new server object in the “Object Explorer” panel on the left. Expand it.
  4. Next, expand “Databases”, find your database in the list.
  5. You did it! Expand your database and work with it as usual.
    How to connect to an MS SQL database from your PC
5/5 - (1 vote)
Share this article
Subscribe
Notify of
guest
0 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
In this article