Cannot open server requested by the login

Question:

I’m trying to connect to my Azure SQL database using pyodbc. The azure account that I am using is under the username [email protected] (my university account). When I try to connect to the database, I get the error

Cannot open server "student.bham.ac.uk" requested by the login. The login failed. (40532).

The credentials that I am using are correct. The error makes me think that it might be confusing my login for the database server? What does this error mean and how can I fix the issue?

Asked By: Hdot

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Answers:

This seems to work for me:

If your SQL Database server is called myazureserver and your login is [email protected], then you must supply your login as [email protected]@myazureserver.

Answered By: Hdot

I recently suffered this same problem and I fixed it this way:

  1. Go to your SQL Server resource on Azure
  2. Go to "Firewalls and virtual networks"
  3. Verify "allow Azure’s service and resources accessing this server" is set as YES

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Save changes and let up to 5 minutes to apply this changes.

Answered By: Gonzo345

What Hdot said works also for me

If your SQL Database server is called myazureserver and your login is [email protected], then you must supply your login as [email protected]@myazureserver.

but, worth to mention that if you use DBeaver, you must update USER and PASSWORD in ‘Driver Properties’ tab (instead of ‘Main’). This can be really confusing.
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Answered By: shock_in_sneakers

This solution does not work for Workday, I am trying to understand how this configuration could be managing the MFA required on Azure (ID/Passwd + Authenticator).

Answered By: Edson