I installed a default SQL Server 2012 instance on Windows Server 2012.
I enabled the SQL Browser and changed the TCP port of the instance to 1435.
Before I changed port 1433 to 1435 I was able to connect to the instance using SSMS on another server. Now I have to enter Servername,1435 to make a connection.
Why does the SQL Browser not resolve the servername to the right IP address and port 1435? Why am I not able to make a connection when I enter the servername or <servername>\MSSQLSERVER? Is a SQL Browser only resolving named instances?
This works fine for a named instance. Is there something special about default instances or the SQL Browser?