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I am getting this error while opening a Power bi report in web.
Error Message: 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.
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Hi @Anonymous ,
This error usually means that the client can't find the SQL Server instance. This normally happens when at least one of the following problems exist:
Checklist:
Please refer the following Microsoft document and cases that could also help you:
Best Regards,
Yingjie Li
If this post helps then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
Wrestled with this for hours yesterday eventually to find my problem was with item 1 on the checklist ie. server name!
FQVN (fully qualified domain name) has to be used. To find this ping the server on the network.
In my case the end result was of the format SERVERNAME.global.COMPANYNAME.net
Hi @Anonymous ,
This error usually means that the client can't find the SQL Server instance. This normally happens when at least one of the following problems exist:
Checklist:
Please refer the following Microsoft document and cases that could also help you:
Best Regards,
Yingjie Li
If this post helps then please consider Accept it as the solution to help the other members find it more quickly.
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