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Asked: 2026-06-14T15:42:38+00:00

So Im running a Sql Server 2012 in a virtual machine on my computer

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So Im running a Sql Server 2012 in a virtual machine on my computer and I want to be able to connect on it with the SqlConnection on Visual Studio, but I have no idea what to put on the servername parameter.

I dont know if I have to put the vm ipaddress or the machine address “WIN-NIJ53etc\SQLEXPRESS”

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  1. Editorial Team

    UPDATED:

    FOR MIGRATING BETWEEN SQL CE AND SQL SERVER: Please take a look at this instruction here.

    You should follow these steps:

    1- Set the virtual machine to have a physical IP address.

    For configuring network on Microsoft Virtual PC: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/833134

    2- Be sure that you can see the VM with a static IP address. (ping is a good idea for checking that, but don’t forget to turn off the firewall on the target machine, I mean the machine you wanna ping. There is no need for the server to see the client, so check that your client (in this case your VM) can ping the server IP address like "ping 192.168.10.1 -t")

    3- Use Configuration Manager (All Programs\Microsoft SQL Server\Configuration Tools) and set SQL port and visibility over network.

    Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189083(v=sql.105).aspx

    4- Restart the SQL server.

    5- Be sure that "SQL Server Browser" service is started. (incase you wanna use the instance name to access the SQL server)

    6- Config the firewall on the host machine (machine that has SQL engine) and add the port you specified in the Configuration Manager to TCP Inbound rules.

    Take a look at here: http://www.tavislovell.com/post/How-to-configure-Windows-Firewall-to-allow-access-to-SQL-Server.aspx

    BUT be advised that you should set the port specified in the Configuration Manager (default is 1433 but sometimes it’s dynamic and you should set it again)

    7- After you set the port and network visibility, you should change the "Server" value in the connection string to this format "IPAddress, PORT" like "192.168.10.50, 1433" (When you specify the port, there is no need to set the instance name like this "192.168.10.50\SQLEXPRESS")

    Hope it helps

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