title: Accessing MySQL DB into Excel 2010 powerpivot
body: <p>I have a MySQL DB on hostmonster.com and I am trying import data in excel powerpivot, but having hard time connecting to it.</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know if Excel powerpivot can even connect to MySQL?</p>
  
  <p>Error I am seeing</p>
  
  <p>Unable to retrieve list of databases. Reason: Failed to connect to the server. Reason: Login timeout expired
  A network-related or instance-specific error has occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server. Server is not found or not accessible. Check if instance name is correct and if SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. For more information see SQL Server Books Online.
  Named Pipes Provider: Could not open a connection to SQL Server [53]. </p>