Title: Master Data Services (MDS) Connection Failed Error:

Author: Toraj Khavari

Date: September 3, 2015

Objective: Explore answers to the “The connection failed because the URL is not valid or the Master Data Manager web application version is not supported.” error message.

Article Body: The Microsoft add-in MDS connection returns the following error message when connecting to the SQL data base. This article explores the security answer.

“The connection failed because the URL is not valid or the Master Data Manager web application version is not supported.”

1-      Connect to the SQL server. Run Event Viewer. Select Windows Logs and Application. In the Error General tab, take note of the folder with the denied access.

2-      Solution: Modify the folder or its parent security to include the right credentials.

Happy debugging.

Toraj