Question Saghir Hussain · Jul 10 Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "IRIS" Hi I get the following error when I am trying to create a linked server connection via MS OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers in MS SQL Server Management Studio. The message I get is: The OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "IRIS" reported an error. The provider did not give any information about the error.Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "IRIS". (Framework Microsoft SqlClient Data Provider) #ODBC #SQL #InterSystems IRIS 0 2 0 420