VirtualBox & Server Name

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I know this may not be a direct SQL Server question and may be a network question. But maybe someone can shed some light for me.

I can connect to our SQL Server with SSMS. However, when I log into VirtualBox and try to connect to SQL Server with SSMS, I would have to use the IP Address of the server, instead of the name of the server while outside of Virtualbox, it works fine with the server name.

Any idea?

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The system in VirtualBox has no access to the domain controllers of the network - so it cannot lookup the name and get you an IP address. This is an issue with with your VirtualBox network configuration.