I installed SQL server 2014 newly. When I am opening SQL Server Management Studio and giving localhost as server name then I am getting error 40 i.e.
A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server)
While installing the SQL Server there were no instances given by me so there is only default instance. I read many other posts here in Stack overflow and also found that there is no service like MSSQLSERVICE in my services that I can run..
I am not sure what has gone wrong.