How can I connect to SQL Server using (local)\INSTANCE_NAME?

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Published on 2010-04-02T13:40:06Z Indexed on 2010/04/02 13:43 UTC
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I have a developer that is having trouble connecting to a SQL Server instance by entering the server name (local)\HIS_SERVER_INSTANCE into Visual Studio->Server Explorer. If he replaces (local) with his machine name, it connects fine. I have had similar issues before but they seemed to fix themselves. Does anyone know a fix for this?

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