A while ago I was faced with the problem of finding the SQL server and database name for a UAT CRM instance that I didn't install. And unfortunately the user who installed it wasn't around and hadn't granted any other users rights in the Deployment Manager Tool, so a quick fix was needed.

After a little bit of research I discovered the database connection strings are held in the following registry hive on the actual CRM server.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSCRM 

The keys that contain the SQL strings are   configdb,  database,   metabase

Not rocket science really, but useful if you need to quickly find the databases and all else has failed.

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