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Your issue is with the server name. <br />
Where you got the name that you used from? It should be get from the Azure portal and you should use the full qualified name (<b>servername.database.window<wbr />s.net</b>).
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Your issue is with the server name.
Where you got the name that you used from? It should be get from the Azure portal and you should use the full qualified name (servername.database.windows.net).

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Thank you very much. SQL Server was not configured at all. these steps helped me to configure it. There are still network issues which our network administrator is looking at.<br />
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regards,
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Thank you very much. SQL Server was not configured at all. these steps helped me to configure it. There are still network issues which our network administrator is looking at.

regards,

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How do i connect to a database hosted in Azure environment. I can RDP to Azure itself and can logon to SQL Server using windows authentication however i want to access the instance on my local machine using Management Studio. I am new to Azure can you please help?<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2016/11_w46/1127037/Azure.PNG" target="_blank" title="Azure Error (75 KB)"><img alt="Azure Error" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 800px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2016/11_w46/800_1127037/Azure.PNG" /></a>
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Hi guys,

How do i connect to a database hosted in Azure environment. I can RDP to Azure itself and can logon to SQL Server using windows authentication however i want to access the instance on my local machine using Management Studio. I am new to Azure can you please help?

How to connect to Azure SQL Server from Management Studio

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Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.