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Quick: Testing SQL Server connection

When building your SharePoint farm if you want to quickly test your connection to the SQL Server

When building your SharePoint farm if you want to quickly test your connection to the SQL Server, you can simply:

  1. In My computer, in the ribbon click the button to show file extensions
  2. Go to the desktop and create a plain text file, then rename it to Test.RDL for example
  3. Double click on the file and you get a connection window, enter the SQL Server details and authentication information
  4. Click Test Connection and Viola!

This is a quick way to test that your connection to SQL is working properly.

Enjoy!

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