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dpuja
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Helper I

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‎10-23-2020 09:05 PM

Hello Experts,

 

I am trying to connect to dev environment of the SQL databse from Power BI desktop and I am seeing the following error:

 

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I can access the same database using the same credentials using SQL server management Studio, but not through Power BI. Any ideas why?

 

Thank you!

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AllisonKennedy
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‎10-23-2020 10:19 PM

I normally get this error when I misspell or have a typo in my server name - so quadruple check that everything there is correct. I don't think it's a credentials issue.


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