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TatianaGuihur
Helper I
6 years agoImpossible to connect to sql server
Hi everyone, I have Power BI desktop in my computer and I am trying to get an external server with Windows Server 2003 and SQL server 2005. I clicked on Get Data and I get the following error: ...
- 6 years ago
Hi amitchandak.
Finally I got the connection. The issue was that i was using the port number 2437 instead of 1339.
Everything is working right now. Thanks for your help.
amitchandak
Super User
6 years agoTatianaGuihur , You are not able to reach SQL Server. Are you able to connect the same using SQL server management studio?
Is Connection details, the port is correct. VPN or IP whitelist is in place?
refer this for more debugging:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/database-engine/configure-windows/troubleshoot-connecting-to-the-sql-server-database-engine?view=sql-server-ver15
TatianaGuihur
Helper I
6 years agoHi amitchandak.
Finally I got the connection. The issue was that i was using the port number 2437 instead of 1339.
Everything is working right now. Thanks for your help.