Below is a cheat sheet for creating SQL Server client connection strings and finding them in common configuration files. Connecting to instances by name, forcing a named pipes connection.

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 ...

Windows authentication is required when SQL Server needs filesystem access, but it prevents embedding credentials in the connection string. RemoteApp applications run under the context of the ...