Version 17.10 of the Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server has been released. Version 17.10 brings a few changes and several fixes to the driver.
Changes
- Support for Ubuntu 22.04
- Support for Red Hat 9
- TrustedConnection_UseAAD option - Now only Windows integrated authentication is enabled when specifying Trusted_Connection=yes. Use the TrustedConnection_UseAAD option to enable the previous behavior of using either Windows or Azure Active Directory integrated.
Fixes
- Fix intermittent issue with polling for first successful connection when multiple IP addresses are resolved.
- Fix missing dependency in Debian package.
- Fix for only using ADAL when required.
- Fix issue with idle connection resiliency when Kerberos authentication was used.
Next steps
For Windows installations, you can directly download the Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server.
Linux and macOS packages are also available. For installation details see the online instructions.
Roadmap
We are committed to improving quality and bringing more feature support for connecting to SQL Server Azure SQL Database Azure Synapse Analytics, and Azure SQL Managed Instance through regular driver releases. We invite you to explore the latest the Microsoft Data Platform has to offer via a trial of Microsoft Azure SQL Database or by evaluating Microsoft SQL Server.
David Engel
