| title | Browse for Servers (Network Servers) | Microsoft Docs | |
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| ms.date | 06/13/2017 | |
| ms.prod | sql-server-2014 | |
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| ms.topic | conceptual | |
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| ms.assetid | a59ffcd6-4b69-4c5c-9740-699ccb2183fb | |
| author | mashamsft | |
| ms.author | mathoma | |
| manager | craigg |
If you are connecting to a [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] component and you do not know the exact name of the [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] instance, click Browse for more in the Server name box to open the Browse for Servers dialog box.
This dialog is populated by the [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Browser service on the server computers. There are several reasons why the name of an instance might not appear in the list:
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The [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Browser service might not be running on the computer running [!INCLUDEssNoVersion].
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UDP port 1434 might be blocked by a firewall.
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The HideInstance flag might be set.
To connect to an instance that does not appear in the list, type a full connection string for the instance, including the TCP/IP port number or the named pipes pipe name.
Select a SQL Server instance in the network for your connection
Designate the server you want to connect to by clicking on the [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] instance displayed in the tree. You can show or hide portions of the tree view by clicking on the nodes marked with a + or - symbol.