ODBC Driver for SQL Server: Releases, patches & end-of-life
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Lifecycle guide for ODBC Driver for SQL Server from Microsoft

All releases, patches, maintenance and support periods at a glance

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📅 Last update on 2026-03-09

What is ODBC Driver for SQL Server?

Automate product release and end-of-life managementThe Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server ODBC is the primary native data access API for applications written in C and C++ for SQL Server. There"s an ODBC driver for most data sources. Other languages that can use ODBC include COBOL, Perl, PHP, and Python. ODBC is widely used in data integration scenarios.
 

The entire lifecycle of ODBC Driver for SQL Server

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of ODBC Driver for SQL Server. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.
ODBC Driver for SQL Server (Microsoft) release, version and end-of-life information
XODBC Driver for SQL Server (Microsoft) release, version and end-of-life information
Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product ODBC Driver for SQL Server (Microsoft)
 

Facts and figures about ODBC Driver for SQL Server

Product
ODBC Driver for SQL Server
Vendor
Microsoft
Latest version
18.6.1.1
Number of releases
5
Number of versions
49
Number of unstable versions
0
Number of versions affected by CVE
8
Licence
Commercial
 
 

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