I'm attempting to follow the guide here which shows how to link an azure cosmos-db as a linked server via ODBC. I have created the ODBC links to the remote cosmos-db in both x64 and x86 flavours. These appear to connect without issue when checking from within the ODBC Admin console and I can even see the data when setting up a schema, however I am unable to create a working linked server as I get the following error when testing the connection ..

"[microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified"

I Believe this is maybe because I have SQL Express installed and the "Providers" folder is missing from the "Linked Server" folder. I am therefore assuming that I do not have the necessary providers installed on the SQL Server Instance running locally.

I have attempted to install both the OLE DB Driver and the ODBC Driver, however these have not helped.