Unable to connect the Power BI desktop to MS SQL Server

Hi ashmitp869 

Thanks for the reply from lbendlin .

If your problem has not been solved, you can refer to the following, hope it can help you.

I found a post with a similar issue to yours, and one of the solutions was to try deleting the existing connection for SQL Server in the latest version of powerbi desktop, in the Data Source Settings (File -> Options and Settings -> Data Source Settings), and then try again.

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Best Regards,
Yulia Xu

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