问题 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 or is this not allowed? Aliases I've tried which do not work: (Set for both 32 and 64-bit, I've also tried leaving the port blank.) 回答1: If you are creating TCP/IP aliases you need to ensure the "SQL Server Browser" service is running. As well as checking the TCP/IP protocol is enabled for both server and client. In Sql Server