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Hello community,
I can not connect with a local SQL Server in Power BI Service.
The gateway responds with this error message:
The data source cannot be created.
Invalid connection credentials.
I want to use a SQL Server login, not a Windows login.
Connecting on SSMS with the SQL Server login works fine, but in Power BI Service it doesn't.
PS: It works with Windows Login, but I don't want to use that.
Any ideas?
needs more details. Are you using IP or localhost? standard port? default instance?
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