Default server name for Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 2012

Question

I wanted to use Microsoft SQL Server and thereby installed a fresh copy of Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 2012. It was an automatic installation and did not ask me for a server name. Right now, I'm stuck at the login screen and not sure what to put as the server name.

I happened to refer few previously posted questions and tried using ".\\SQLExpress" as the Server Name, but the following error was displayed

What could be the possible Server Name ? PS: The system name is "CBEUG".

Answer 1

SQL Management Studio is just that - the management studio tools. It is not the SQL Server itself. For that, you will need to install the SQL Server package.

If you can't see a SQL Server services in Services, it is not installed.

Answer 2

In the Server Name field (where you type the server name) you also have a scroll box with "Browse database..." (or something like that according to the version). That's where all of your databases are so you don't have to remember their names. Good luck!

Answer 3

Well I was facing same issue and when i have done something like this

Server name : "your computer user name"\SQLExpress

and use your user name and password that you have given while installing the SQL studio.

it will work.

Answer 4

默认情况下，如果计算机名称为B，则使用计算机名称，然后使用Windows身份验证输入B作为服务器名称