How to Restore a SQL Database From a .MDF File. ... Move the mouse cursor to the "All Programs" menu, then find and click "Microsoft SQL Server" to open a list of SQL Server programs.

Click the name of your SQL server in the Object Explorer pane to expose your databases. Select "user databases," then right-click the name of the database you want to restore (Source 1).

News. Microsoft Shifting To Open Database Connectivity for SQL Server. By Kurt Mackie; 09/01/2011; Microsoft announced roadmap shift on Monday, indicating that it will focus on supporting the Open ...

Ironically, Microsoft is accepting that the ODBC open standard it developed with Simba Technologies in 1992 has become the widely accepted standard for database APIs. ODBC has eclipsed Microsoft's ...