A connection was successfully established with the server, but then an error occurred during the pre-login handshake

Question

I am getting following error when i am trying to connect Production DB from Local Environment.

I was able to connect Production DB before, but suddenly i am getting f

Answer 1

You might want to check a few things:

1. You production server allows remote connections. (possible that someone turned this off, especially if you have a DBA)

2. Check your connection string. Sometimes if you are using an ip address or server name this will cause this error. Try both.