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Got it.<br />
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It looks like it was the windows firewall on the guest that was blocking things.<br />
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Now to work
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Got it.

It looks like it was the windows firewall on the guest that was blocking things.

Now to work

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I've been given a Virtual Machine and am running it using VirtualBox on my Windows 7 machine.<br />
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The Virtual Machine is using Windows Server 2008 and contains a MS SQL Server 2008 database which I would like to access from my host.<br />
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I set up the guests network adapter to use the Bridged Adapter and created a Bridged to my Local Area Connection in my host.<br />
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I can ping the IP address of the guest from my host.<br />
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I can directly access the database on the guest machine.<br />
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Using Microsoft SQL Server Manager on my host I am trying to establish a connection to the virtual database, and this is where I'm stuck. I'm not even sure what server name to enter. Everything I try just ends up with a &quot;cannot connect&quot; error.<br />
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This networking stuff is a little over my head. <br />
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How do I connect to this database?
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I've been given a Virtual Machine and am running it using VirtualBox on my Windows 7 machine.

The Virtual Machine is using Windows Server 2008 and contains a MS SQL Server 2008 database which I would like to access from my host.

I set up the guests network adapter to use the Bridged Adapter and created a Bridged to my Local Area Connection in my host.

I can ping the IP address of the guest from my host.

I can directly access the database on the guest machine.

Using Microsoft SQL Server Manager on my host I am trying to establish a connection to the virtual database, and this is where I'm stuck. I'm not even sure what server name to enter. Everything I try just ends up with a "cannot connect" error.

This networking stuff is a little over my head. 

How do I connect to this database?

Can't get Host to connect to its VirtualBox SQLServer Database

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Windows 7 is an operating system from Microsoft. Features include multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, referred to as the Superbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup, and performance improvements.

Windows 7

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.