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I am trying to connect my Synapse Serverless SQL pool to Power BI. Every time I try to connect it I get the same "error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server" message (seen below).
I have tried:
If you cannot connect via SSMS then the issue is not in Power BI.
I don't like the "Named Pipes" message - usually these connections should be done via TCP/IP.
How should I procede? Is there any other information I can give to find out more about this problem?
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