Start SQL Server Query Tool Click the Start button and launch the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio. Click the Server Name menu and choose your server from the drop-down list. Click Connect.

Untangle SQL Server connection strings Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools.

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the principal interface for working with Microsoft SQL Server. However, many subtleties of this powerful tool evade even the most seasoned professionals.

SQL lets you use one command to quickly create a new table containing a subset of records from a larger table while working in Access. Sound complicated? It's not, as Mary Ann Richardson shows us.