title: Cannot connect to SQL Azure using SQL Server Management Studio
body: <p>I have create a SQL Azure database on the Azure portal, now I want to connect to it using SQL Server Management Studio. I've set my properties like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Server Type:Database Engine:
  Server Name:[mycred].database.windows.net
  Authentification: SQL Server Authentification
  username: myusername
  password: mypassword
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But when I try to connecting with these properties I get an error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>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)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Whereas I have configure firewall on my SQL Azure database. How to solve this issue?</p>