How to connect to SQL Server running on top of Amazon EC2
<p>I'm trying to connect remotely to my amazon ec2 msssql intance.</p>

<p>I'm locally (via RD) connecting to it using Management Studio.
This is the only option it popped up under Local Servers -> Databse Engine on the "Connect to Server" menu</p>

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<p>Surprisingly, when I ping to the Striked trough domain, I get a reply from a PRIVATE IP.</p>

<p>So dear amazon and friends: Where can I get the public IP for the database server? <br> Why your Windows + SQL Server installation image is configured to point to a different server other that the one that I connect via RD. </p>

<p>Am I missing anything? What should I do?</p>