If the SQL Server Browser menu items are disabled, try to enable the SQL Server Agent service.
For more information about SQL Server Browser, see SQL Server Browser in the Microsoft documentation. SQL Server Browser listens for incoming requests and provides information about Microsoft SQL Server instances on the computer. SQL Server 2012 (11.x): C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SQLServerManager11.msc SQL Server 2014 (12.x): C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SQLServerManager12.msc SQL Server 2016: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SQLServerManager13.msc SQL Server 2017: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SQLServerManager14.msc SQL Server 2019: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SQLServerManager15.msc If you use other versions of Microsoft SQL Server, change the second digit before. To open SQL Server Configuration Manager, open the Search dialog on Windows and type SQLServerManager15.msc (for Microsoft SQL Server 2019). Configure the SQL Server Configuration Manager If you already have Microsoft SQL Server installed and configured, consider jumping to the section that describes a creation of a database connection in DataGrip. This topic gives you an example of how you can configure Microsoft SQL Server and create a connection to it from DataGrip. Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18.8 - download link from the Microsoft siteĭataGrip 2019.1 and later – download link from the JetBrains site Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (Express Edition) – download link from the Microsoft site