Accessing the MS SQL Admin Tool with Shared Hosting
Our hosting accounts have an admin tool built in to help you manage MS SQL databases.
To Access the MS SQL Admin Tool
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- Click Web Hosting.
Click one of the following, based on the type of hosting you have. You can tell this by the second word in your hosting's description beneath your hosting account's domain name, e.g. Deluxe Web correlates to Web/Classic (Hosting Control Panel).
Web/Classic (Hosting Control Panel)
- Next to the hosting account you want to use, click Launch.
- From the Databases menu, select MS SQL.
- Next to the database you want to use, click Admin Tool.
Windows (Plesk)
- Next to the hosting account you want to use, click Launch.
- Click Databases.
- Next to the database you want to use, click Webadmin.
To use Plesk's Webadmin, you must create the following entry in your domain's zone file (more info):
| Record Type | Host | Points to |
|---|---|---|
| A (Host) | mssql | Your hosting account's IP address (more info) |