Cannot connect to SQL Server Management Studio

Question

tearing my hair out to be honest at this stage.

I have an installation of SQL Server 2008 express on my laptop. I\'ve been trying to login to SQL Server Management

Answer 1

If you are using Azure SQL Server, I would look at the following link: Guidelines for Connecting to Azure SQL Server I would try one of the following first to see if these two aren't your main issues:

1. Specify the database you are connecting to. Options > Connect To Database. You will want to copy the name of the database here. This solved my issue.
2. If you are putting the port after the URL of the SQL server. Example: dbname.database.windows.net:1433 (which makes you get this error). If I didn't have the port after the URL, it threw a login error issue.

After doing both of those and making sure everything else in the link I provided you is right or completed, you should be able to connect.

I hope this helps someone.