无法从Azure API连接到SQL Server

Question

I am developing an API which will be hosted in Azure app services. This api should fetch data from a SQL Server which is outside the Azure subscription. It uses SQL Server authentication to connect. Everything is working fine from my local machine, but when published to Azure, it is not getting connected and throws this error

.Net SqlClient Data Provider
number: 5, state: 0, errorClass: 20, server:"",

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)

Answer 1

Please ensure you SQL server has opened the remote connection.

Right click SQL server-- Properties , select Connections :

Hope this helps.