Azure Data Studio does not remember or persist connections

Question

Newbie question:

I have a group of notebooks that I'd like to connect to a single server and database in the same ADS session, structured like chapters in a book. For a single notebook, I can specify and connect to a database, and execute code cells successfully.

When I open another notebook (appears as a new tab within the current ADS window, same folder and workspace), I do not see the connection I defined previously in the "attach to" dropdown list. I have to go through the connection wizard again to enter the server and authentication details.

Also, the previously defined connection does not show-up under recent or saved connections, even after checking "remember password" when setting up the connection. Has anyone seen this behaviour before?

I haven't found any documentation on managing multiple notebooks. Am I going beyond how notebooks are supposed to be used?

Thanks.

Version: 1.21.0 (system setup)
Commit: 2413919f186f780f0193d047da3d90bb3c1e9bf6
Date: 2020-08-11T20:52:47.502Z
VS Code: 1.48.0
Electron: 7.3.2
Chrome: 78.0.3904.130
Node.js: 12.8.1
V8: 7.8.279.23-electron.0
OS: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19041

Answer 1

There is a setting within the File-->Preferences-->Settings called "Notebook: Save Connection Name". (You can search settings for that name) Once that is toggled, the notebook will remember the connection name that you used.

This assumes that you have saved and named connections in the first place.