Linked Server from Sharepoint 2010 to SQL Server 2012 - sql-server

I'm trying to create a linked server in MSSQL to SharePoint in order to be able to write some storedprocs so that I can access them in Reporting Services.
I have created the link using the following...
EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedserver #server = N'LINKTOSHAREPOINT', #srvproduct=N'ACE 12.0',
#provider=N'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0', #datasrc=N'http://xxxx/CustomerService/Lists/',
#provstr=N'WSS;IMEX=1;RetrieveIds=Yes;LIST={3B85B1FA-C2C2-4D30-9DD4-0C42C6F85545}'
EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedsrvlogin #rmtsrvname=N'LINKTOSHAREPOINT',#useself=N'True',#locallogin=N'sa',#rmtuser=NULL,#rmtpassword=NULL
I'm as confident as I can be that the List Guid and the server names are all correct. the Linked Server appears to connect but returns only "node" level info...
Catalogs --> Default --> Tables
But everything is empty.
I'm fairly sure it feels like a security issue, but I'm again confident that the windows login I use has access to most things.
Has anyone got any ideas or has even had this sort of thing working?

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Cannot select data on linked SQL Server using SQL authentication

I have created a linked server using SQL authentication and the connection seems to work as I can select from the master database.
However, I cannot select from a specific database to which the SQL account I use in the linked server has access.
I tried following the suggestions in other similar posts in here but to no avail. Any help really appreciated. I am attaching a screenshot of the security settings.
Thanks.
This is a bit of a long shot, but since no one else is answering so we'll give it a go. If you restored the DB from another server, it's possible the ssid's are out of whack. Switch context to the DB on the linked server and run the following.
EXEC sys.sp_change_users_login #Action = 'Report'
If any results show up with the login in question, remove it by running this.
EXEC  sp_change_users_login #Action='update_one', #UserNamePattern='your_user',#LoginName='your_login';

How to add Sybase SQL Anywhere DB as linked server to MS SQL Server properly

I used the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Anywhere to create a linked server, it shows remote databases and tables, I can read data, but writing data seems to work only using OPENQUERY() and when doing the connection_authentication using EXEC ... AT ... directly in the script.
How can I have the SQL Server do the authentication automatically when opening a connection?
How can I make normal write operations work without OPENQUERY()?
Sorry for not adding detailed error messages, I will add them later maybe, when I have access to the server again... But they were not meaningful anyway, i.e. when the weird authentication was missing, it just said "could not insert" or "failed" instead of indicating any authentication issue.
How to get the real error messages that come from Sybase?
Details:
SAP Sybase SQL Anywhere 16 (OEM Authenticated Edition) <-> MS SQL Server 2014
EXEC 'SET TEMPORARY OPTION CONNECTION_AUTHENTICATION=''Company=...''' AT linkedserver
INSERT INTO OPENQUERY(linkedserver, 'SELECT column FROM table WHERE 0=1') VALUES ('')
...that's not nice.
Even more details:
This is how I created the linked server
This is the authentication I'm talking about

Query database running on another physical SQL Server

Historically we have a product which installed two databases on the same server. There is an custom application which assumes that both databases are on the same server.
In a new version they have split the databases onto two separate servers and obviously now the custom application is giving the error:
Database 'DB_2' does not exist. Make sure that the
name is entered correctly.
Is there anything I can do in the SQL Server setup so that the application is still able to query the DB_2 database without modifying the custom application?
The query being used is structured as follows:
Use DB_2
SELECT * FROM MyUser.MyTable
You can create a linked Server, then Create a Database DB_2 add a Synonym for different objects. something like below.
use master
GO;
EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedserver #server = N'RemoteServer', #srvproduct=N'SQL Server'
GO
CREATE DATABASE [DB_2];
GO
USE [DB_2]
GO
CREATE SYNONYM [MyUser].[MyTable] FOR [RemoteServer].[db].[MyUser].[MyTable]
GO
You can use Linked Servers feature. In SSMS go to Server Object/Linked Servers folder in Object Explorer. And link second server. So you can query another DB using this SELECT * FROM [Linked_Server_Name].[Database_Name].[Schema_Name].[Table_Name]

Unable to call stored procedure from linked server

I am facing a strange issue. I have a linked server on ServerB for ServerA
Now, when I am calling a stored procedure from ServerB like
EXEC [ServerA].[Db].[dbo].[SpName] #Param1 #param2
I am getting error that
The EXECUTE permission was denied on the object 'SpName', database 'Db', schema 'dbo'.
But now when I am executing below query it is returning me result:
SELECT *
FROM [ServerA].[Db].[dbo].[tblName]
I don't know that why I am not able to execute stored procedure from ServerB. I am Db_Owner on both the server.
Screenshot of Linked server security
Linked server catalog
If a linked server query fails, the things to check are (in rough order of probability):
Try logging in locally on the linked server to test access directly. If you have no local access, obviously you won't have it through the link either.
Verify the correct credentials as used when accessing the linked server, and not another user you're not expecting. You can check this with EXEC ('SELECT USER_NAME(), SUSER_NAME()') AT [Server]; if the user name is not what you're expecting, check your linked server definition for the correct login mappings. If you can't access the server at all (any query fails), you have other problems (like Kerberos authentication issues if you're using integrated authentication).
Perform a sanity check that you're accessing the correct server with EXEC ('SELECT ##SERVERNAME') AT [Server]. The network name of a linked server can be changed using sp_setnetname, so the name you use to a access the server isn't necessarily the machine name.
If all else fails, dropping and recreating the linked server definition is always an option, but obviously this could disrupt production work.

Cannot get Linked Servers to work in Sql Azure

We are using a trial version of Azure. We are trying to perform cross server queries from our SQL Server 2012 in-house.
We seem to have our local 2012 linked with Azure. When I go into Server Object -> Linked Servers in management studio, I see our Azure database.
But if I try to open the catalog and tables, I get an error message saying
Reference to database and/or server name in 'Perseus.sys.sp_tables_rowset2' is not supported in this version of SQL Server
** Perseus is the name of our catalog in Azure Sql.
Running a query from local connection:
SELECT * FROM [azureDBServer].[Perseus].[dbo].[accounts]
Tesult is:
OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI11" for linked server "azureDBServer" returned message
"Unspecified error". Msg 40515, Level 16, State 2, Line 1 Reference to database and/or
server name in 'Perseus.sys.sp_tables_info_90_rowset' is not supported in this version of
SQL Server.
This same in house SQL 2012 Server is able to connect to our in-house 2008 by cross server queries and by viewing its structure through Linked Servers.
I know from this article Azure supports Linked Servers.
So I'm lost about what is wrong. Our Admin thinks it may be that we have a Web-Sql account vs a business SQL account. This Azure Web vs Business SQL outdated Stack link implies that SQL version is NOT the problem, but pre-dates when Azure offered Linked Servers.
So, I'm trying to understand if
a) we didn't set up something right to provide SQL Linking?
b) we are limited by trial?
c) are we limited by Web SQL version?
d) anything else?
Need to execute below mentioned three stored procedures to add SQL Azure. Using below these stored procedure I was able to query SQL azure.
EXEC sp_addlinkedserver
#server='PROD',
#srvproduct='',
#provider='sqlncli',
#datasrc='azureserver.database.windows.net',
#location='',
#provstr='',
#catalog='database name'
EXEC sp_addlinkedsrvlogin
#rmtsrvname = 'PROD',
#useself = 'false',
#rmtuser = 'Azure login',
#rmtpassword = 'password'
EXEC sp_serveroption 'PROD', 'rpc out', true
While adding linked server from SQL Management, you are not given option to set default database. So use something like below
EXEC sp_addlinkedserver
#server='name for referring locally', -- here you can specify the name of the linked server
#srvproduct='',
#provider='sqlncli', -- using SQL Server native client
#datasrc='AzureMachineName.database.windows.net', -- add here your server name
#location='',
#provstr='',
#catalog='yourdatabasename'
I figured this works.
Did you actually setup connection to perseus database? By looking at the error message your are sending a query with 3 part or 4 part name to Azure which doesn't work as is in Azure. Please check your query and set it to use 2 part name and only three part name if it is connecting to the same database
This works for me:
CREATE MASTER KEY ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'mypassword';
CREATE DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL MySecurity
WITH IDENTITY = 'mylogin',
SECRET = 'mypassword';
CREATE EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE MyDbAccess
WITH (
TYPE=RDBMS,
LOCATION='server name',
DATABASE_NAME='db_name',
CREDENTIAL= MySecurity);
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE MyExtTable (
[Id] [int] NOT NULL,
[Name] [varchar(20)] NULL)
WITH
(DATA_SOURCE = MyDbAccess);
After that you can just use it:
SELECT * FROM MyExtTable
I got this error and my issue ended up being a type in the database name SERVER.Database.dbo.tableName.

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