Connect SQL Server Management Studio Express To Alternate TCP Port

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Mattias Geniar, March 11, 2009

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Since I didn’t find it right away, here’s the solution. The default notation “server:port” doesn’t work here (for God knows what reason). You need to seperate the hostname and port with a comma. Here’s an example.

 

SQL Server Alternate Port

SQL Server Alternate Port

What ever happened to the default point seperation? :-(

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