First, make sure you have the required packages installed (it looks like you may):
# Install pre-requesite packages
sudo apt-get install unixodbc unixodbc-dev freetds-dev freetds-bin tdsodbc
Then, make sure you have /etc/freetds/freetds.conf configured properly:
[global]
# TDS protocol version, use:
# 7.3 for SQL Server 2008 or greater (tested through 2014)
# 7.2 for SQL Server 2005
# 7.1 for SQL Server 2000
# 7.0 for SQL Server 7
tds version = 7.2
port = 1433
text size = 64512
# A typical Microsoft server
[dbserverdsn]
host = dbserver.domain.com
port = 1433
tds version = 7.2
Next, make sure you have unixODBC talking correctly through FreeTDS in /etc/odbcinst.ini:
[FreeTDS]
Description = v0.91 with protocol v7.2
Driver = /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/odbc/libtdsodbc.so
Finally, make sure /etc/odbc.ini sees the FreeTDS data source you created:
[dbserverdsn]
Driver = FreeTDS
Server = dbserver.domain.com
Port = 1433
TDS_Version = 7.2
If you have issues along the way, please try testing with the 'tsql' and 'isql' command line utilities and post any errors you receive. Hopefully, this works.
If the problem is with Django's configuration, please post your Django DATABASES settings for review.