How to connect to a SharePoint Windows Internal Database (WIB) with SQL Management Studio Express (2005)

Well this came in handy the other day…

Use this path, to connect to your local SharePoint Windows Internal Database (WIB) using SQL Server Management Studio Express (2005).

.pipeMSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEEsqlquery

(note: there are two backslashes at the front of that syntax that aren’t shown via HTML, so don’t forget those)