How to Connect to a SQL Server Named Instance

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Published on Thu, 12 Apr 2012 06:00:00 UT Indexed on 2012/04/13 5:38 UTC
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My network admins have tightened down the network and while we were once able to connect to our named instances via MySQLServer\MyNamedInstance, we're now only able to connect if we specify the port. What happened and what do I need to tell them to fix the issue?

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