Aaa I am late :(. But I agree with it, I was talking to Microsoft Engineer on recent course. Because every book tells me to turn of Browser service as it is not required. So I ask him why the heck Microsoft made it if most people recommend it to disable it.

After talking, it turned out the Browser service is required if you use a non-standard port for SQL Server. If you a non-standard port, and you have the browser service turned off, then you did have to enter the port information into the connection properties.

:).