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Native Data Access APIs - ODBC and OLE DB - for SQL Server
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Date: 03/29/2019
We are moving!
This blog is in the process of being migrated to one of the new consolidated SQL Server and Azure...
Date: 03/04/2019
OLE DB Driver 18.2 for SQL Server Released
We are pleased to announce the release of version 18.2 of the Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL...
Date: 02/22/2019
ODBC Driver 17.3 for SQL Server Released
We are pleased to announce an update to the Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server! Version 17.3 is...
Date: 02/22/2019
ODBC Driver 17.3 (Preview) for SQL Server Released
We are pleased to announce a technical preview of version 17.3 of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for...
Date: 09/24/2018
ODBC Driver 17.2 for SQL Server Released
We are pleased to announce an update to the Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server! Version 17.2...
Date: 07/11/2018
Released: Update to Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server
We are pleased to announce the release of version 18.1 of Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server!...
Date: 07/06/2018
ODBC Driver 17.1 for SQL Server Released
We are pleased to announce an update to the Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server! Version 17.1...
Date: 04/03/2018
Released: Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server
We are pleased to announce the release of the Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server, as we had...
Date: 03/30/2018
Finding which TLS version is in use for client connections
How can you tell what version of TLS is currently used for client connections? Simple question we’ve...
Date: 02/21/2018
ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server Released
We are pleased to announce the release of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server! The updated...
Date: 02/13/2018
Announcing the new release of OLE DB Driver for SQL Server
NOTE: the new release announcement is available here. Previously, Microsoft announced deprecation of...
Date: 10/06/2017
Servicing Update 2 for ODBC Driver 13.1 for Linux Released
Hi all, we are delighted to share a servicing update of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 13.1 for Linux....
Date: 09/21/2017
OLE DB Supportability Guidelines
The OLE DB Driver for SQL Server, or SQL Server Native Client OLE DB Provider, used to connect to...
Date: 08/15/2017
Servicing Update for ODBC Driver 13.1 for Linux and macOS Released
Hi all, we are delighted to share the servicing update of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 13.1 for...
Date: 06/30/2017
ODBC Driver 13.1 for macOS Released
Hi all, we are delighted to share the Production Ready Release of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 13.1 for...
Date: 05/07/2017
ODBC Driver 13.1 for Mac Preview 2 Released
Hi all, We are excited to announce the availability of the second preview for ODBC Driver 13.1 for...
Date: 03/15/2017
Monthly Pulse Survey – March
Let us know how we are doing on the ODBC Driver for SQL Server by taking our March Pulse Survey....
Date: 03/10/2017
Monthly Sentiment Survey - February
Let us know how we are doing on the ODBC Driver for SQL Server by taking our monthly sentiment...
Date: 02/23/2017
ODBC Driver 13.1 for macOS - Your Voice is Important
Hi all As you must have seen we recently released a preview for the ODBC Driver on macOS. We will be...
Date: 02/08/2017
ODBC Driver 13.1 for Linux Released
Hi all, we are delighted to share the Production Ready Release of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 13.1 for...
Date: 02/04/2017
ODBC Driver 13.1 for Mac Preview 1 Released
Hi all, We are excited to announce the availability of the ODBC Driver 13.1 for macOS - Preview. The...
Date: 02/03/2017
ODBC Driver 13.1 for Linux Preview 2 Released
Hi all, we are delighted to share the second preview release of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 13.1 for...
Date: 01/20/2017
ODBC Driver 13.1 for Linux Preview 1 Released
Hi all, we are delighted to share the first preview release of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 13.1 for...
Date: 01/10/2017
ODBC Driver 13.0 for Linux Released
Hi all, we are delighted to share the Production Ready release of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 13 for...
Date: 10/20/2016
Preview 3 of the SQL Server [C/C++] ODBC Driver 13 for Linux is released!
Hi all, we are delighted to share the third early technical preview of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 13...
Date: 09/30/2016
Preview Release of the SQL Server [C/C++] ODBC Driver 13 for Linux
Hi all, we are delighted to share the second early technical preview of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 13...
Date: 09/06/2016
ODBC Driver 13.1 for SQL Server - Windows Released
We are pleased to announce the full release of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 13.1 for SQL Server! The...
Date: 08/01/2016
Introducing the new Microsoft ODBC Drivers for SQL Server
Today, we are happy to announce availability of new Microsoft ODBC Drivers for SQL Server on Windows...
Date: 01/23/2013
Preview Release of the SQL Server [C/C++] ODBC Driver for Linux
This has been re-posted from the SQL Server Team Blog. In our continued commitment to...
Date: 11/30/2011
Announcing Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux
Greetings Developer community: We heard yesterday and today at the PASS conference about the...
Date: 10/12/2011
Annual SQL Connectivity Customer Survey [Date extended]
Greetings to the Developer community: Thank you very much for an overwhelming response on our...
Date: 09/07/2011
Microsoft is Aligning with ODBC for Native Relational Data Access
EDIT (3/30/2018): OLE DB is now undeprecated. Read more about it here. ODBC is the de-facto industry...
Date: 08/29/2011
Annual SQL Connectivity Customer Survey
Greetings to the Developer community: Microsoft SQL Server team has been interacting on a regular...
Date: 08/19/2011
Your Voice is Important
Greetings to the SQL Server community: Back around October 2009, we introduced the process of...
Date: 05/24/2011
Troubleshooting SQL Azure applications with SQL Server Native Client
In the Feb. 2010 blog post, “Using SQL Server Client APIs with SQL Azure Version 1.0”,...
Date: 11/30/2010
SQL Server code-named "Denali" Native Client supporting ODBC 3.8
We’re excited to announce that Denali SNAC CTP1 adds support for the ODBC 3.8 features of the...
Date: 11/16/2010
SQL Server Customer Survey (Fall 2010) final weekend
Thank-you all for your active participation in our Fall 2010 customer survey. Due to your...
Date: 10/29/2010
SQL Server Customer Survey (Fall 2010)
Greetings to the SQL Server community: Last year in October 2009, we introduced the process of...
Date: 10/18/2010
SQL Server Connectivity has a new portal page!
The Microsoft SQL Server team is working on a portal page that brings together common resources and...
Date: 05/27/2010
SQL Server 2008 R2 Feature Pack is now available
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ceb4346f-657f-4d28-83f5-...
Date: 05/12/2010
Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Survey
Dear SQL Server developers and users The Microsoft SQL Server JDBC team is beginning to think of...
Date: 03/23/2010
Non-Windows ODBC support survey
Dear Colleague,The Microsoft SQL Server Connectivity team has received feedback indicating interest...
Date: 02/23/2010
Using SQL Server Client APIs with SQL Azure Version 1.0
This post describes some of the issues that the application developer should be aware of when...
Date: 02/12/2010
SQL Server Native Client wants to hear your opinion
Dear SQL Server developers and users:It is this time of the year when we in the SQL Server Native...
Date: 01/16/2010
Download locations for SQL Server Native Client
You can download SQL Server 2008 Native Client here:...
Date: 11/03/2009
SQL Server Connection Director will not be in the RTM version of the release
The SQL Server Connection Director is a feature in Visual Studio 2010 beta 2 and SQL Server 2008 R2...
Date: 10/19/2009
Microsoft wants to hear your opinion
Dear SQL Server developers and users:It is this time of the year when we in the SQL Connectivity...
Date: 10/02/2009
ODBC 3.8 Enhancements in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
So, you've heard about some new ODBC features that were introduced in Windows 7 beta and you wanna...
Date: 07/08/2009
SQL Server Native Client: Connection strings and OLE DB
(Anton Klimov, a developer on the SQL Server Native Client team, wrote the following article.)...
Date: 05/06/2009