Azure SQL Database - Cannot connect to database.windows.net.

Are you experience this error when trying to connect with your Azure SQL Database?

TITLE: Connect to Server
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Cannot connect to database.database.windows.net.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

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)

For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft%20SQL%20Server&EvtSrc=MSSQLServer&EvtID=53&LinkId=20476

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The network path was not found

There can be various reasons for this, but other than general technical reasons, you need to check one thing if you have connected to another database before, which is not exist now.

For example, you might have taken a snapshot of your database and connected to it using Management Studio. For connecting, you need to go through Options and set the database name with it. Once set, SSMS keeps, and next time when you try to log in, even though u do not notice, it might try to connect with the Snapshot, which you connected before. If it exist, it will connect, else it will throw the above one without giving you much details.

So, check that before going into technical analysis.