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+2  Q: 

Discover Microsoft SQL Servers on an Internal Network

What is the proper way using .NET to discover the Microsoft SQL Servers on your internal network? I think the SQL Management interface back in the SQL Server 7 days gave you a list of servers in a dropdown. How could I do the same thing with .NET 3.5.

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SQL Server Browser Service http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181087.aspx

Cade Roux  2009-01-22 04:15:37
+1  A: 

You can enumerate them thusly

cmsjr  2009-01-22 04:16:33

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