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Information in this article applies to Microsoft SQL Server 2012. The instructions for earlier versions of SQL Server, including versions 2008 and 2005, are similar.

6. Click New Query in SQL Server Management Studio and type select @@servername to verify everything is correct and you have successfully changed the sql server name.

From its humble beginnings, the Microsoft product has taken over the SQL Server name (Sybase Inc.’s SQL Server is now called Sybase Adaptive Server), lost all traces of Sybase programming ...