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Trying to connect to Azure SQL DB from PowerBI.com
You don't need to run Power BI Desktop in administration mode. It should work totally fine even when you open it in standard user mode. And the issue seems more of like firewall issue as you mentioned.
Please check if the following community forum helps you
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Power-Query/SQL-Connection-Named-Pipes-Provider-error-40/m-p/194296
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I entered c9vis810ce based on this page.
Then, I got this error message.
Is it anything to do with network issue (firewall) or whether I need to run Power BI desktop as administrator?
You don't need to run Power BI Desktop in administration mode. It should work totally fine even when you open it in standard user mode. And the issue seems more of like firewall issue as you mentioned.
Please check if the following community forum helps you
https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Power-Query/SQL-Connection-Named-Pipes-Provider-error-40/m-p/194296
Did I answer your questions? Give a thumbs up and accept this post as solution!