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Setup Testenvironment
Dear all,
we want to setup a test environment for the Power BI Report Server. So long we failed to get it up and running.
First try was:
Windows Server 2012
MS SQL Server 2016 SP1 Express
PowerBIReport Server (October 2017)
Instance Name: PBIRS
Error message while creating the report database
Second Try was:
Windows Server 2012 R2
MS SQL Server 2016 Evaluation
PowerBI Report Server (October 2017)
Instance Name: PBIRS
Same Error message
Can somone give advice?
3 Replies
Hi Hascins,
What does the error message mean? Could you please translate it into English to help me better understand?
Regards,
Yuliana GuHey, sure:
A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accesssible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connection. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server.
Thanks in advance!
Hi Hascins,
First, you should make sure the machine that is running SQL Server is reachable. In other words, you are able to ping the server. Then, test whether you can connect to the same DB instance in SSMS.
For more proposals, please check below links:
Troubleshoot Connecting to the SQL Server Database Engine
Regards,
Yuliana Gu
