Create a new SQL Server which has a period in the name
I apologize if this is a repost but I didn't find exactly what I needed.

I'm running SQL Server 2008 Developer edition on my machine. I've tried dropping my old server (which was the name of my machine) and adding my new one such that <code>select @@servername</code> returns the new name 'test.k5'. However, I can't connect to this inside the management studio. Is there something I'm missing?

Or is there a much better approach to doing this?
Create a new SQL Server which has a period in the name
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I apologize if this is a repost but I didn't find exactly what I needed.

I'm running SQL Server 2008 Developer edition on my machine. I've tried dropping my old server (which was the name of my machine) and adding my new one such that <code>select @@servername</code> returns the new name 'test.k5'. However, I can't connect to this inside the management studio. Is there something I'm missing?

Or is there a much better approach to doing this?