The reason all this came about is because I need to move the Sharepoint database to a different partition on the same server. It's my understanding that I need...

I was able to connect to the default database with the named pipe. I still want to know if I should be running Sharepoint with the Embedded Edition, or...

No, SQL Services is not listed. Only the SQL Server Embedded Services. What is the difference, and how did the Embedded version get installed? Was it because...

I'm not sure what Embedded Edition is. Is it possible it's because I installed Sharepoint before I installed SQL Server? I did this, then realized my mistake. ...

Yes, the browser service is running. I'm pretty new to SQL Server, so I don't know if my terminology is correct.

When I browse for a Database Engine to open...

I don't know if I have Error Reporting enabled, and I can't connect to it in SSMS, that's the problem.

When I look under my TCP/IP protocol settings in the Configuration...

I'm not sure where to find the installation log, however all of the protocols except VIA are running and enabled.

I'm having the same issue. I can't seem to connect to my SQL Server using SSMS. I'm even running SSMS on the same server that SQL Server is...