OLE DB Driver 18.2 for SQL Server Released

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We are pleased to announce the release of version 18.2 of the Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server! This general availability release brings a couple of new features:

Features added

  • Support for UTF-8 server encoding
    For more information, see the blog post Introducing UTF-8 support in SQL Server 2019 preview
  • Support for Azure Active Directory authentication via username and password, integrated, or AccessToken authentication
    For more information, see the ODBC driver's page on Using Azure Active Directory. Documentation specific to OLE DB and Azure Active Directory is being posted and this post will be updated to reflect it as soon as it is available.

The updated driver can be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center.

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