title: How to test MSSQL Database Connectivity outside an application
body: <p>Sometimes when trying to setup web.config and connectionstrings.config settings for our .NET applications we get DB errors. Many times due to wrong connection info in the config files.  Sometimes we need to find out if the app/web server can even see the DB server. </p>
  
  <p>How would you connect to your DB server to test connectivity before getting the app to run?</p>