Django-pydobc SQL server connection problems on windows
Try using https://github.com/michiya/django-pyodbc-azure. This should work on both Linux and Windows.
Then define your database settings as such:
DATABASES = { 'default': { 'ENGINE': 'sql_server.pyodbc', 'NAME': 'dbname', 'HOST': 'dsn_entry', 'PORT': 'port', 'USER': '', 'PASSWORD': 'pass', 'OPTIONS': { 'driver': 'FreeTDS', 'dsn': 'dsn_entry', 'host_is_server': True } }}Under Windows the 'driver' entry in OPTIONS should be:
'driver': 'SQL Native Client',Edit: Oops, failed to see that the you had solved the problem. Leaving my answer here as reference.