The following are the steps to connect LocalDB in Visual Studio,
- To connect to LocalDB in Visual Studio, follow these steps
- Open Visual Studio and go to the Server Explorer window.
- Right-click Data Connections and select Add Connection.
- In the Add Connection dialogue box, select Microsoft SQL Server as the data source.
- In the Server Name box, type (localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB.
- Select Windows Authentication as the authentication method.
- Click Test Connection to verify that the connection is successful.
- Click OK to close the dialogue box and save the connection.