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Hascins
Frequent Visitor
8 years ago

Setup Testenvironment

Dear all,   we want to setup a test environment for the Power BI Report Server. So long we failed to get it up and running.   First try was: Windows Server 2012 MS SQL Server 2016 SP1 Express ...
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v-yulgu-msft
Microsoft Employee
8 years ago

Hi Hascins,

 

What does the error message mean? Could you please translate it into English to help me better understand?

 

Regards,
Yuliana Gu

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Hascins
Frequent Visitor
8 years ago

Hey, sure:

 

A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accesssible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connection. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server.

 

Thanks in advance!