title: Unrecognized configuration section connectionstrings. Trying to connect to SQL Server
body: <p>I am trying to connect to a live SQL Server database as opposed to the local one for login authentication. Here are my settings in <code>web.config</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;connectionstrings&gt;
     &lt;add name="scrumDbConnectionString"
          connectionstring="Data Source=SERVERNAME;Initial Catalog=DATABASENAME;
                            User ID=MYUSERNAME;Password=MYPASSWORD"
          providername="System.Data.SqlClient" /&gt;
  &lt;/connectionstrings&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I am in the website administration tool when I go to the security page I get the following error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>There is a problem with your selected data store. This can be caused by an invalid server name or credentials, or by insufficient permission. It can also be caused by the role manager feature not being enabled. Click the button below to be redirected to a page where you can choose a new data store. </p>
    
    <p>The following message may help in diagnosing the problem: Unrecognized configuration section connectionstrings. (C:\Documents and Settings\tunnelld\My Documents\Visual Studio 2010\WebSites\ZSRBlank\web.config line 10)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>But when I check the database connection it says its fine. Help!</p>