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Currently this has been a huge pain for me. I have a fresh Windows 10 VM. I Installed SQL Server 2012. I open up the SQL Server Studio 2012, and there is no server name that I can choose from in the "Connect to Server" dialog box that shows up.

Additional Context: 10.0.2100.60 is the sql server version 4.0 is the .net framework

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Turns out all I was doing was installing just the management studio, and not the sql server service, which is why it wasn't showing up.

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put the computer name\service name, like TOOLS-PC\SQLEXPRESS2012 if instance on computer only one - can put only computer name or just - (local)

name of server instance You can check in service list or by run SQL Configuration Manager

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  • The only sql related service that is running on my computer is named "SQL Server VSS Writer". There is no SQLEXPRESS2012...
    – Nathvi
    Commented Nov 27, 2015 at 19:03
  • so - are You sure in this case, about successful install SQL Server? at least MUST be - SQL Server, can be - SQL Server Agent (if not express), SQL Server Browser. But first - MUST be
    – a_vlad
    Commented Nov 27, 2015 at 19:06

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