This is a 3 layer application with Winforms as the presentation layer, VB.NET code in the logic layer and ADO.NET to SQL Server on the database layer. I used object data sources to access the data.

I am unable to connect to a SQL instance on a microsoft/mssql-server-windows-developer container from a microsoft/aspnet container. From the aspnet container I can ping the sql server hostname ...

It turns out that the restriction on using your own connection string properties in the built-in SQL Server connector is a deliberate design decision on the part of the Power Query team because, ...