Dave Kidder's Break-it-Down Blog - How to Test a SQL Connection from any Windows Machine
Here are some quick steps you can take to test a SQL Connection from any Windows machine:
Hit Windows Key + D to show the desktop.
Right-click on the desktop and choose to create a new text document
Rename the file to something that ends with the file extension UDL (this is the important part)
After which, it should look like this:
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This is a trick I just used today... :)
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