SQL Server Data Tools - Data Link Properties - Server Name Drop Down Empty
Just to close this off - you may see this problem depending on selected provider, if your provider set to &quot;Native OLE DB\Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server&quot; you may observe empty server drop down in Data Link Properties (exactly what we have on the screenshot in the question above), and just switching your provider to &quot;Native OLE DB\SQL Server Native Client 11.0&quot; resolves this problem. Actually this change changes UI slightly - you won't have &quot;Data Links...&quot; button next to OLE DB Provider which opens up Data Link properties as per screenshot in the question but it instead you will have Server Name drop down directly in Connection Manager window under Provider drop down as shown below: