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manikondabalaji
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Unable to connect to Azure SQL Server from Power BI Service

Hi All,

 

Our database is Azure SQL Server and it is connecting through Power BI desktop and able to refresh.

 

While to schedule the refresh from Power BI Service we are unable to connect to the database and below is the error popping up.

 

Any help would be appreciated!

 

ThanksPower BI Service Error.JPG

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Anonymous
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Hi  @manikondabalaji ,

According to the official troubleshoot to try to solve the high-availability connection problem:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/sql/connect/network-related-or-instance-specific-error...

 

This is the related document, you can view this content:

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Error-when-connecting-to-SQL-source-from-PowerBI-Desktop/m-...

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/33698/failed-to-connect-to-ms-sql-server-from-pow...

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/SQL-Connection-error-Named-Pipes/m-p/29203

 

Best Regards,

Liu Yang

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