Is SSAS = "SQL Server Analysis Services" installed in Tabular Mode on your local machine?
Is the service running and can you connect to using SSMS?
SSAS Tutorial- Unable to connect to local server

Hey guys,
I've working on Adventure Works Internet Sales tutorial (1500)(https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/analysis-services/tutorial-tabular-1400/as-lesson-2-get-data?view=asallproducts-allversions), and when I do "Create a connection" part, I have an issue.
It shows: unable to connect to my local SQL server, just as the following picture says:
Can anyone tell me what do I need to do please? Many thanks!
Kind regards,
Zihan Luo
SQL Server Analysis Services
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Olaf Helper 47,436 Reputation points
2021-04-08T10:16:23.53+00:00 -
Lukas Yu -MSFT 5,826 Reputation points
2021-04-09T07:23:44.307+00:00 Hi,
From only the description, based on my research , it could be that your Microsoft SQL server has been configured, that both the 'SQL Server Network Configuration' and 'SQL Native Client Configuration' property 'Force Encryption' is set to 'Yes'. The Controller application server does not trust the certificate that the Microsoft SQL server is using for encryption.
You coud try resolving this issue by installing the relevant TLS (or SSL) certificate (used by the SQL server) on the Controller server. Follow the steps that recorded in this article : Troubleshooting SQL Server Certificate issue.
Regards,
Lukas