I regularly experience the above error when creating connections to Azure SQL databases. I\'ve implemented ReliableSqlConnection with retry logic in at
This is one of Azure SQL transient error. A lot of info is here https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn440719(v=pandp.60).aspx. Seem the same error when trying to do backups via code. In those cases I drop and re-initiate.