article Qlik Cloud Analytics: Unable to connect to Azure SQL database using Microsoft Entra MFA: Connection broken unexpectedly in Official Support Articles https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Qlik-Cloud-Analytics-Unable-to-connect-to-Azure-SQL-database/ta-p/2519142 <P>Setting up a Qlik Cloud Analytics connection to an Azure SQL database with&nbsp;Microsoft Entra MFA enabled fails at the connection test with:</P> <P class="lia-indent-padding-left-30px"><FONT face="courier new,courier">Error message: Please check the value for Username, Password, Host and other properties.</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: Communication link failure</FONT></P> <P class="lia-indent-padding-left-30px"><FONT face="courier new,courier">ERROR [08S01][Qlik][SqlServer] Connection broken unexpectedly.</FONT></P> <P class="lia-indent-padding-left-30px"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="connection broken unexpectedly.png" style="width: 832px;"><img src="https://community.qlik.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/180825i18F501B85C272CCC/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="connection broken unexpectedly.png" alt="connection broken unexpectedly.png" /></span></P> <H3><FONT color="#339966"><STRONG>Resolution</STRONG></FONT></H3> <P>Create an Azure SQL database connection using a supported authentication method.</P> <P>See&nbsp;<A href="https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/ODBC_Connector_help/Content/Connectors_ODBC/MS-Azure/Create-MS-Azure-connection.htm#anchor-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Authenticating the driver</A>.</P> <P>Microsoft Entra MFA is not supported.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <H4><FONT color="#339966"><STRONG>Environment</STRONG></FONT></H4> <UL> <LI>Qlik Cloud Analytics</LI> </UL> Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:27:20 GMT Nobuaki_T 2025-11-24T14:27:20Z Qlik Cloud Analytics: Unable to connect to Azure SQL database using Microsoft Entra MFA: Connection broken unexpectedly https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Qlik-Cloud-Analytics-Unable-to-connect-to-Azure-SQL-database/ta-p/2519142 <P>Setting up a Qlik Cloud Analytics connection to an Azure SQL database with&nbsp;Microsoft Entra MFA enabled fails at the connection test with:</P> <P class="lia-indent-padding-left-30px"><FONT face="courier new,courier">Error message: Please check the value for Username, Password, Host and other properties.</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: Communication link failure</FONT></P> <P class="lia-indent-padding-left-30px"><FONT face="courier new,courier">ERROR [08S01][Qlik][SqlServer] Connection broken unexpectedly.</FONT></P> <P class="lia-indent-padding-left-30px"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="connection broken unexpectedly.png" style="width: 832px;"><img src="https://community.qlik.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/180825i18F501B85C272CCC/image-size/large?v=v2&amp;px=999" role="button" title="connection broken unexpectedly.png" alt="connection broken unexpectedly.png" /></span></P> <H3><FONT color="#339966"><STRONG>Resolution</STRONG></FONT></H3> <P>Create an Azure SQL database connection using a supported authentication method.</P> <P>See&nbsp;<A href="https://help.qlik.com/en-US/cloud-services/Subsystems/ODBC_Connector_help/Content/Connectors_ODBC/MS-Azure/Create-MS-Azure-connection.htm#anchor-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Authenticating the driver</A>.</P> <P>Microsoft Entra MFA is not supported.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <H4><FONT color="#339966"><STRONG>Environment</STRONG></FONT></H4> <UL> <LI>Qlik Cloud Analytics</LI> </UL> Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:27:20 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Qlik-Cloud-Analytics-Unable-to-connect-to-Azure-SQL-database/ta-p/2519142 Nobuaki_T 2025-11-24T14:27:20Z