MSSQL: Configure an alias for SQL connections
You can use the SQL Server Configuration Manager to configure an alias for connections to a MSSQL instance. But on some versions of Windows, the configuration manager is not available as a regular application. You might find it as a snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). If the configuration manager is generally not available on your system, you can instead use this tools to set an alias: # 64 bit version C:\Windows\System32\cliconfg....