All my Power BI models are failing to connect to my MS SQL Server after a recent Power BI update. I am getting the following error message with Windows authentication:
If I try and use the Microsoft Account authentication, i get the following error message:
However, i can manage to connect to the Server via SQL Management Studio. Please assist.
Best regards.
Chris
@Chitemerere was it working before? Do you use mixed authentication on sql server? Can you try database credentials?
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Many thanks for your prompt resonse, most appreciated. Yes i was able to connect to the Server before the update. Yes i have mixed mode authentication. If i try using the database option i get the following error message:
Best regards,
Chris
@Chitemerere can you try to use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost.
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