title: Paramters Needed to access MS SQL Database from Ubuntu
body: <p>So I've been working on this for a few hours now and have made no progress.  I know this may be an easy/stupid question, so I apologize in advance for my extreme lack of knowledge here.</p>
  
  <p>I have a MYSQL 5.7 database in which I am trying to push to a MS SQL 2008 database.  The MYSQL database is local on my Ubuntu 16.04 machine. I have configured FreeTDS to try and do this.</p>
  
  <p>The issue is the person only gave me these parameters which I believe are incomplete.  </p>
  
  <pre><code>Server Address: database\SQLEXPRESS
  User Name: DatabaseUser
  Password: datapassword
  Databasename: DBName
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Don't I need an IP address/web address and a port to connect?  It seems that the "string\SQLEXPRESS" format is not an actual server address (or may be for people who are on the servers network).  </p>
  
  <p>Additionally, since the MS SQL Sever is run on a windows machine, will I need my IP address to be white-listed, or does this depend on how the server was set up?</p>