When trying to connect to SQL Server running in a Docker container in WSL I am unable to connect using localhost as the server name. I can, however, connect using 127.0.0.1 or ::1. The application is ...

When attempting to connect to a Sql Server instance over the network, with named instances, SqlConnection throws error 26 on .NET Core with the SqlClient nuget library.

In SQL Server 2016 there have been several significant changes to the SQL Client Tools. Central to these changes are two primary goals: The ability to ship tooling updates on a regular, monthly ...

This week we’re announcing the general availability of SQL Server 2019, a significant milestone for Azure Data and for SQL Server customers. This presents a good moment to give an update on the state ...

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.

In some cases, the server’s security settings were be to blame for the 0x80131904: login failed error, and reconfiguring Server authentication to SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode got things ...

Back in February, .NET software developers using Microsoft.Data.SqlClient, an open source data access driver for Microsoft SQL Server, noticed that certain queries were slow or timed out on Linux ...