How to connect to Microsoft SQL Server from Drupal

These are instructions on how to connect to Microsoft SQL Server 2014 (SQL Server Express) from Drupal. In my case the SQL server was on a different machine and I had to make the server visible within the local network.

My Windows machine is running on Windows 7 Pro and Microsoft SQL Server Express 2014 (free version).

My development machine is MacBook Pro running OS X Yosemite (the latest version).

Minnur Yunusov
October 13, 2015