Pentaho User Console

I am having issues trying to connect to the SQL server (which is a VM in HyperV). I go into the Pentaho User Console and in trying to create a new connection, I keep running into an error.

The error I am seeing is:

Error connecting to database [XXXXX] : org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleDatabaseException:
Error occured while trying to connect to the database

Error connecting to database: (using class net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver)
Invalid URL: jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://XXX.XXX.XXX.83:1433/XXXXXDev

org.pentaho.di.core.exception.KettleDatabaseExcep


The SQL server has TCP/IP ports open. I have ensured that the SQL jar files from Microsoft for SQL Server 2012 have been put into the lib folders and I did restart the BA Server. Any suggestions out there?

Thanks.