Help connecting External SQL Express to Power BI

[magnifybi]

Hey,

I need to access an external SQL Express server but am getting and error message;

"Details: "Microsoft SQL: A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: TCP Provider, error: 0 - The wait operation timed out.)""

Annonymised details as follows;

IP: 11.111.11.11

SQL Server –**-**-***\SQLEXPRESS 

I read somewhere that I need to put a port of 1433 but I'm not sure where I'm going wrong.

I have entered the username and password correctly

Thanks,

J

[v-deddai1-msft]

Hi @magnifybi ,

You can use servername or ip address+port(1433 for default instance). Would you please check if the browser service works well in server where the sql server is installed. And make sure you have enable TCP/IP protocol in sscm:

And also refer to the steps in https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/configure-windows/troubleshoot-connecting-to-th...

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Best Regards,

Dedmon Dai

[amitchandak · Accepted solution]

@magnifybi , In SQL Server configuration Manager -> Under Network -> Enable TCP/IP and Open properties, there you need mention port, that you want use externally

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/sql-server-configuration-manager?view=sql-...

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/configure-windows/configure-client-protocols?vi...