Qlik Cloud Analytics: Unable to connect to Azure SQL database using Microsoft Entra MFA: Connection broken unexpectedly

[Nobuaki_T]

Setting up a Qlik Cloud Analytics connection to an Azure SQL database with Microsoft Entra MFA enabled fails at the connection test with:

Error message: Please check the value for Username, Password, Host and other properties.
Description: Communication link failure

ERROR [08S01][Qlik][SqlServer] Connection broken unexpectedly.

Resolution

Create an Azure SQL database connection using a supported authentication method.

See Authenticating the driver.

Microsoft Entra MFA is not supported.

Environment

• Qlik Cloud Analytics