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Unable to access Azure SQL through SSMS
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Jeff Fazio
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We have some external client that use SSMS to access their SQL database through SSMS. Having an issue with one client. I have added their entire /24 range in the networking rules.
Error
A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. The server was not found or was not accessible.
The server name they are using is correct. This also isn't SQL running on a VM. This is Azure SQL server. I put my public IP in their and able to connect so I can't figure out what the problem it.
Any help would be great.
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