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I have installed SSMS 20.2 to my home computer but don't know what Server name to add. I saw on other forums to type a single dot, but it does not work. I chose Browse for more, but could not find anything under Local Servers.
Thank you very much for your help
Did you also install the SQL Server 2022 Developer or other editions? The SSMS installation does not include the SQL Server.
Hi @Rade Rade,
Please make sure that you have installed SQL Server as well.
SSMS just provides tools to configure, monitor, and administer instances of SQL Server and databases.
You may check Services via Command Prompt:
sc query | find /i "SQL Server"
Regards，
Zoe Hui
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I have installed SSMS 20.2
SSMS = "SQL Server Management Studio" is just a tool, not the database engine.
You have to install SQL Server as well, e.g. the free Express Edition, see
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sql-server/sql-server-downloads
Hello Olaf,
thank you for your reply.
I have followed your link and in the course of installation, the system threw me this error:
Should I perhaps delete SSMS 20.2 to be able to install SQL Server?
I don't think you need to uninstall SSMS. Look under Program and Features and see if you have the ODBC 17 Driver for SQL Server installed, and in that case uninstall it.