6. Click New Query in SQL Server Management Studio and type select @@servername to verify everything is correct and you have successfully changed the sql server name.

Note: Since the node name may differ depending on your version (s) of SQL Server, the simplest way to find it is to open regedit and search for SQLDataRoot.

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