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oddparent1

DataSource.Error: The request was aborted: Could not create SSL/TLS secure channel.

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Excel 2016, Windows 10. Getting this error when trying to create a new query from web. Most google result have nothing to do with excel.

Posted Mar 13, 2021, 7:35 AM UTC

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Djinjja-Ninja2•

It's probably too do with the version of TLS that the web server is using. Likely TLS 1.3

Likely related to this

But essentially I don't think that Excel 2016 supports TLS 1.3 (and maybe not 1.2 either).

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oddparent1OP•

So upgrading Excel should fix the problem?

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Djinjja-Ninja2•

Probably.

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