I am getting the following error. Cannot solve.New to TFS. Please help.
TF246017: Team Foundation Server could not connect to the database. Verify that the server that is hosting the database is operational, and that network problems are not blocking communication with the server.--> login failed. Login from untrusted domain and cannot be used with windows authentication.
If you open SQL Server Manager on your TFS Server application tier using "runas" to open it under the same credentials that you expect TFS to use you should be able to diagnose more:
1) install SQL Server Manager on TFS AppTier
2) right-click on the SQL Server Manager icon and select 'run-as' ( you may need to hold alt)
3) enter the TFS Service (refer to TFS Installation Guide) credentials to open
4) try to connect to your SQL Server
If you cant connect verify that SQL is installed where you think it is and that there are no firewall issues for the standard SQL ports.
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I have an AWS server (MS SQL SERVER EXPRESS 2008 R2 with IIS), with an elastic IP of 54.214.8.111, security groups configured with HTTP, MS SQL and FTP, and I can connect to the remote virtual machine using the rdp file that amazon gives you in the console.
However when I try to connect via visual studio to test if the database is working, it gives me a "Login failed for user 'dbuser' error. I have a user called dbuser on my SQL Server (on the server side of course) with full access permissions etc. I also cannot connect to an ftp on the server, despite all guides and help doc. Something seems to be simply blocking my connection. I have tried the same thing on multiple computers.
Everything seems to be configured correctly except I suspect the server instance.
Can anyone help? PS I'm fairly new to web development, this is my first AWS EC2 server.
[UPDATE] I just tried to create a new instance in a different location, same thing, maybe I don't know how to configure the SQL Server on the EC2?
It appears that by default EC2 SQL instances have SQL authentication disabled.
In SQL Management Studio, connect as the built in Administrator account, then go to
Server Properties>Security>
Under Server Authentication, change to "SQL Server and Windows Authentication Mode"
Restart SQL
Your local accounts should now work
Try running in elevated mode (right click Visual studio and run as Administrator), solved some issues I was having recently.
I'm trying to setup reporting in TFS 2010.
I can't connect to the Analysis Services database and I also can't rebuild the Analysis services database.
I've tried to connect via TFS Admin console and SSMS and I'm getting this error in SSMS
Connect to Server
Cannot connect to xxx.com,1031.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
A connection cannot be made. Ensure that the server is running. (Microsoft.AnalysisServices.AdomdClient)
The requested name is valid, but no data of the requested type was found (System)
and this error in TFS Admin
The SQL Server instance that you specified was not found or cannot be reached. Specify another server or instance.
The sql server analysis services service is running.
I used the following article to identify the correct port for SSAS service and I still cannot connect.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2466860
Any ideas would be appreciated.
It was the port number.
I fixed it by using the above link to identify the port number then connecting using TFS Admin tool.
Actually i have following step by step from http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/manage/services/sql-databases/getting-started-w-sql-databases/ to create database and etc.
But when i try to login using username and password which i have configured,message error appear " Failed to retrieve connection information. Try to login again. "
I have configure firewall before to allowed my public ip to access the database.
How to solve my problem ?
Thanks
Clear your cookies and browsing history and contact Microsoft support if this persists after some time (like an hour)
That is very interesting problem.
What about checking connection with Microsoft SQL Server (can be Express edition).
If you configured firewalls then you should be able to access Azure database via Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio from your system with no problems.
Alternatively you could check Visual Studio. But I am not sure if Visual Studio Express edition can connect to Azure databases (you might need some paid version).
If you still have some connectivity issue using SQL Management Studio then that would indicate some networking problems between your place and Azure data centre. In that case I would recommend spinning up another Azure database (for very short time) in different data centre, set up firewalls and see if that will work.
EDIT
Any way to configure Firewall for Azure ?
Firewall to database cannot be configured at a level of individual databases; it needs to be configured at a level of server.
In Windows Azure Management portal, go to Database tab and then select database server:
Once you in server dashboard, select configuration top tab. You can change DB Server firewall allowed IP addresses under Allowed IP Addresses
In the same section there is Current Client IP Address which tell you the current IP. That very handy when you work with VPN or change your network quite often.
Allow popups. Chrome was blocking this from me.
I want to connect to a database server on another computer (on the same network) using Windows 7. I have SQL Server 2008 r2 running on win 7 as a server, and the clients are PCs running Win 7 or XP.
When I want to add the user to the server computer, the server can't change the location to search the user because there's no other location available beside the server. What do I need to configure to get this done?
P.S. SQL authentication is not an option because I'm using filestream. Thanks!
You will have to use mixed mode authentication (also known as SQL Server Authentication) if you are not connected to a domain. You can find more details on TechNet: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144284.aspx
FYI: Make sure your database Server Authentication is SQL Server and WindowsAuthentication mode and you SQL Server Management Studio.
To set up SQL Server and Widows Authentication Mode.
Connect to you SQL Server Instance
Right Click the go to properties
Choose Security on Select a Page Container
Then Choose SQL Server and Widows Authentication Mode on Server Authentication.
Click OK
Regards
I have a web site developed locally with a local Sql Server database. I also have a web host that provides one Sql Server database for my site. Now I want to deploy the application, and I would like to be able to manage the remote database from the Server Explorer in Visual Studio. I have the connection string used in the application, which works fine for adding, say, a datasource to a control etc. But I don't know if there's any way to use it to connect the database inside the Server Explorer so that I can add tables etc. I have read that you're supposed to be able to this instead of using the Sql Server Management Studio, but I have'nt read anything about how to connect to the remote database in it.
What I have tried so far is this: I have selected Add database in Server Explorer. This brings up first a dialog where I choose Sql Server. And then I get a dialog where I can set Server name (which I tried using the ip address in the connection string below), and Authentication (where I chose Sql Server Authentication, with the user id and password from below). But when I test the connection it fails.
Here's the connection string, which works fine when used for datasources in the application (obviously with different user name and password):
Any help appreciated!
EDIT:
Well, I've done everything suggested by lewiguez below now, but it doesn't make any difference. I can't believe this should be so hard... I keep getting this error message in Sql Server Management Studio:
A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible. Verify that the instance name is correct and that SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. (provider: Named Pipes Provider, error: 40 - Could not open a connection to SQL Server) (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 53)
Here's the process I follow for working with remote databases:
In VS 2008 under the Server
Explorer tab, right-click on "Data
Connections" and then click "Add
Connection"
Change the Data Source to
"Microsoft Sql Server"
Put in your fully-qualified
"Server Name" (be it IP Address, domain name, etc.), select "Sql Server
Authentication" and put in "User
Name" and "Password" for the database user
Select the database you want to connect to under "Select or enter a database name"
Hit "Test Connection" to test and then "OK" to accept
You should be able to interact with the database at this point by expanding the connection and then the "Tables" folder. For example, right-click on the Tables folder and you'll be presented with an "Add Table" option in the dialog. Right-clicking an existing table will bring up the "Open Table Definition" options where you can change any columns, etc.
If you're not getting to this point (and it sounds like you're not), I'd recommend checking your Sql Server connection from whatever machine you're using.
I generally do this by going into the Management Studio and connect with whatever credentials I'm trying to use. If they don't work, make sure they are, in fact, added as a Sql Server user and a database user (they have to be both).
Also, I would check in the Sql Server Surface Area Configuration Manager. You have to allow TCP connections and you have to be set up to allow Sql Server Authentication connections as well from remote hosts. If THAT'S all set up, but you still can't connect, I'd double-check to make sure your firewall is allowing Sql Server connections. The default port is 1433.
Also, if you can connect, but then can't write to anything, double-check your table permissions. Hope this helps!
I finally understood the problem: as I suspected the settings in my own installation was not the problem, but rather it was the settings on the Sql Server installation on my web host. And in fact I found a place in the control panel on my web host where I could set an exception to my ip address so that my ip would be granted access to the port 1433 for Sql Server, which is otherwise closed by default for security reasons.
I've had no luck finding any information about this at all on the internet, which I find strange. All the information I could find had to do with changing these settings on your own local installation of Sql Server. But I'm sure there are loads of people out there who like me use a web host for deploying their web site, and then that info doesn't seem to apply. (Perhaps apart from the TCP setting, which I think must be set, and there's detailed info about that here: http://www.linglom.com/2009/03/28/enable-remote-connection-on-sql-server-2008-express/ )
Hope this helps someone else who like me uses a web host. Now everything works fine for me at least, both in Management Studio and in Visual Studio Server Explorer.