Connecting to Azure database from Visual Integrator fails with error: "Unable to open [wdx][ODB]"

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I'm trying to create a Visual Integrator job that will import items located in an Azure SQL database.  I've created ODBC connections to the database, and can connect to the database from the server with the Sage client installed.  However, when I try to select the datasource from Visual Integrator I get the error "Unable to open [wdx][ODB] (ODBCNAME)".

The only question I've found that references this error is this one: https://www.sagecity.com/support_communities/sage100_erp/f/sage-100-technical-and-installation-discussions/79585/vi-jobs-fail-with-message-unable-to-open-wdx-odb-dsn_name

I've tried creating the ODBC connection in both the 32 bit and 64 bit control panels. 

I was wondering if:

1) Has anybody encountered this error before and what did you do to solve it?

2) Has anybody ever connected Visual Integrator to read from an Azure SQL database?  and if so, which drivers/settings did you use to set up the connection?