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To configure your connection string:

1. Open [Install Location of Community Server]\web\web.config

2. Within web.config find the configuration section (highlighted) below:

    <configuration>

        <appSettings>

          <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="[Your connection string here]" >

        </appSettings>

    </configuration>

3. Modify the value to properly identify your database.

For example, to connect to a database named CommunityServer on the current machine with an account csSystem and the password pa$$word12:

  connectionString = "server=.;database=CommunityServer;uid=csSystem;pwd=pa$$word12"