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Asked: 2026-05-19T03:21:08+00:00

Is it possible to connect to Sql Azure with Entity Framework Code First ctp

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Is it possible to connect to Sql Azure with Entity Framework “Code First” ctp 5?
I keep getting a:

“A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible.”
..message.

I know my connection string is correct because I can connect to the database with server explorer in Visual Studio.

I tried connecting to an existing database and creating a database first, both return the same message.

Also, everything works if I use a local database (sqlexpress).

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  1. Editorial Team

    I was passing the name of the connection string into the constructor instead of the connection string name. If you do this, I think it automatically creates a new sqlExpress connection. This may be because I placed the connection strings in the web.debug.config and web.live.config and it couldn’t resolve them.

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