How to find server name of SQL Server Management Studio

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I installed Microsoft SQL Server 2008   When I start SQL Server Management Studio  SSMS   I get the Connect to Server login window with a blank textbox for Server name  I have tried a lot of names  but I couldn t solve it   How can I find   get the server name

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Make sure you have installed SQL Server  If not  follow this link and download  https   www microsoft com en-us sql-server sql-server-downloads Once SQL server is installed successfully  You will get server name  Refer to the below picture

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Open CMD  Run this  SQLCMD -L   You will get list of SQL Server instance

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Open up SQL Server Configuration Manager  search for it in the Start menu   Click on SQL Server Services  The instance name of SQL Server is in parenthesis inline with SQL Server  service  If it says MSSQLSERVER  then it s the default instance  To connect to it in Management Studio  just type    dot  OR  local  and click Connect  If the instance name is different  then use    instance name  to connect to it  for example if the instance name is SQL2008  connect to   SQL2008    Also make sure SQL Server and SQL Server Browser services are running  otherwise you won t be able to connect   Edit   Here s a screenshot of how it looks like on my machine  In this case  I have two instances installed  SQLExpress and SQL2008

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the default server name is your computer name  but you can use      Dot  instead of local server name    another thing you should consider is maybe you installed sql server express edition  in this case you must enter    sqlexpress  as server name

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Step1  Ensure SQLEXPRESS and LocalDB installed on your system Go to SQL SERVER Configuration Manager    SQL Server Service  If nothing listed for SQL Server services  install below components  for 64 bit OS   1   SqlLocalDB 2   SQLEXPR x64 ENU 3   SQLEXPRADV x64 ENU 4   SQLEXPRWT x64 ENU  Step2  Open Management Studios Enter    Dot  as server name and click on Connect   enter image description here  2  Else Enter    SQLEXPRESS as server name and click on connect

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simply type   sqlexpress as the Server Name

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Note   To connect to server on SQL Server Management Studio SSMS   we must first install SQL Server  So steps to proceed are as Step 1    Downloads and Install  Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Step 2   Downloads and Install SQL Server Management Studio If still not able to see the Server name on SSMS  have a look at these three screen

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I also had this problem first time   In the Connect to Server dialog box  verify the default settings  and then click Connect  To connect  the Server name box must contain the name of the computer where SQL Server is installed  If the Database Engine is a named instance  the Server name box should also contain the instance name in the format  computer name instance name   So for example i solved the problem like this  I typed in the server name  Alex-PC SQLEXPRESS  Then it should work  for more see http   technet microsoft com en-us library 25ffaea6-0eee-4169-8dd0-1da417c28fc6

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Typing sp helpserver will give you a list  As others have noted  there are multiple ways  some with alias  and such   This stored proc may return multiple lines but could get you closer to your answer

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As mentioned by  Khaneddy2013  the cmd SQLCMD -L returns no server name when I run  Bcz I only have installed the SSMS  local db and server were not installed   After tried installing SqlLocaLDB and SQLEXPR32 x86 ENU 32 bit OS  I was able to connect  And now the cmd window shows the server names too

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1 you can run following command   EXEC xp cmdshell  reg query  HKLM Software Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server Instance Names SQL    GO    you can read instance name using Registry  Ingore null values   2 using inbuilt standard Report   select instance--  right click- Reports-- Standard Reports-- server Dashbords

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Run this Query to get the name     SELECT   SERVERNAME

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start -  CMD -    Write comand    SQLCMD -L     first line is Server name if Server name is  local     Server name is   YourPcName SQLEXPRESS

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There are many ways mentioned above  But I use rather simple way  well not simple as SELECT   SERVERNAME   When you start SQL server management studio you will prompt below GUI     In there Server name is your server name  There may have multiple servers according to you dev environment choose correct one   Hope this helps

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given the following examples   SQL Instance Name  MSSQLSERVER Port  1433 Hostname  MyKitchenPC IPv4  10 242 137 227 DNS Suffix  dir svc mykitchencompany com   here are your possible servernames    localhost MSSQLSERVER localhost 1433 MSSQLSERVER MyKitchenPC 1433 MSSQLSERVER 10 242 137 227 1433 MSSQLSERVER MyKitchenPC dir svc mykitchencompany com 1433 MSSQLSERVER

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my problem was that when connecting to SQL Database in the add reference wizard  to find the SERVERNAME  i found it by  running a query SELECT   SERVERNAME  inside SQL management studio and the reusl was my servername  I put that in my server name box and it worked all fine

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Please Install SQL Server Data Tools from link  SSDT       You can also Install it when you are installing Visual Studio there is Option  Data Storage and Processing  you must be select while installing Visual Studio

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