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Asked: 2026-06-02T03:27:22+00:00

I am trying to connect to a windows azure database through visual studio Here

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I am trying to connect to a windows azure database through visual studio

Here are my steps :

  • I press add connection on the server explorer
  • fill in the server name .database.windows.net
  • Select Use SQL server Authentication
  • Fill in the username and password
  • Enter a database name

When I press Ok, I have to wait some time and then it gives and error 40: could not connect to sql server.

My Azure server is set to accept ip from (0.0.0.0 – 255.255.255.255) and so is the MicrosoftServices, can someone please help me with this? I’m really stuck, I’ve tried about everything I could think of 🙁

I was following this tutorial:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/2151.windows-azure-and-sql-azure-tutorials-tutorial-2-using-sql-azure-en-us.aspx

Got stuck at step 7…

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  1. Editorial Team

    You need to be running SQL Server 2008 R2 (+ Service Packs) to connect via SSMS (SQL Server Mgmt Studio)

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