SQL Server “.” Alias Not Working

Question

I\'ve added an alias of \".\" which should point to my local (named) instance, \".\\SQL2008\". But when I try to connect to \".\", it times out.

Am I missing something o

Answer 1

In your Alias definition remove the .\ from the Server box leaving just your instance name, that works on my machine. So in your case the dialog should look like this: