SQL Server is a relational database management system developed by Microsoft. Amazon RDS for SQL Server makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale SQL Server deployments in the cloud. With Amazon RDS, you can deploy multiple editions of SQL Server (2012, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2019) including Express, Web, Standard and Enterprise, in minutes with cost-efficient and re-sizable compute capacity. Amazon RDS frees you up to focus on application development by managing time-consuming database administration tasks including provisioning, backups, software patching, monitoring, and hardware scaling.
- We recommend Azure SQL Edge, a real-time data engine, optimized for IoT workloads that is backed by the security and performance of the same engine that powers SQL Server and Azure SQL. Stream, store, and analyze data at the source in connected, disconnected, or hybrid environments.
- SQL Agent File Copy: 135: Agent to copy backup files to the shared folder on the standby server. 137, 138, 139, 445: File copy on UNC shares. SQL Debugger: TCP: 135: Exception for IPsec traffic might also require you to set an inbound rule for 500 & 4500 if IPsec is used for network communication.
- Microsoft SQL Server is a relational database management system developed by Microsoft.As a database server, it is a software product with the primary function of storing and retrieving data as requested by other software applications—which may run either on the same computer or on another computer across a network (including the Internet).
Amazon RDS for SQL Server supports the “License Included” licensing model. You do not need separately purchased Microsoft SQL Server licenses. 'License Included' pricing is inclusive of software, underlying hardware resources, and Amazon RDS management capabilities.
You can take advantage of hourly pricing with no upfront fees or long-term commitments. In addition, you also have the option to purchase Reserved DB Instances under one or three year reservation terms. With Reserved DB Instances, you can make low, one-time, upfront payment for each DB Instance and then pay a significantly discounted hourly usage rate, achieving up to 65% net cost savings.
Cloud SQL for SQL Server is a fully managed database service with a 99.95% SLA. Being fully managed includes upgrades, patching, maintenance, backups, and tuning. Regional availability and various VM shapes with memory from 3.75 GB up to 416 GB and storage up to 30 TB for all workloads provide flexible scaling options to eliminate the need to.
Amazon RDS for SQL Server DB Instances can be provisioned with either standard storage or Provisioned IOPS storage. Amazon RDS Provisioned IOPS is a storage option designed to deliver fast, predictable, and consistent I/O performance, and is optimized for I/O-intensive, transactional (OLTP) database workloads.
The Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server is a Type 4 JDBC driver that provides database connectivity through the standard JDBC application program interfaces (APIs) available on the Java platform. The driver downloads are available to all users at no extra charge. They provide access to SQL Server from any Java application, application server, or Java-enabled applet.
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Version 9.4 is the latest general availability (GA) version. It supports Java 8, 11, and 16. If you need to use an older Java runtime, see the Java and JDBC specification support matrix to see if there's a supported driver version you can use. We're continually improving Java connectivity support. As such we highly recommend that you work with the latest version of Microsoft JDBC driver.
Download Microsoft JDBC Driver 9.4 for SQL Server (zip)
Download Microsoft JDBC Driver 9.4 for SQL Server (tar.gz)
Version information
- Release number: 9.4.0
- Released: August 4, 2021
When you download the driver, there are multiple JAR files. The name of the JAR file indicates the version of Java that it supports.
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Available languages
This release of Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server is available in the following languages:
Microsoft JDBC Driver 9.4.0 for SQL Server (zip):Chinese (Simplified) | Chinese (Traditional) | English (United States) | French | German | Italian | Japanese | Korean | Portuguese (Brazil) | Russian | Spanish
Microsoft JDBC Driver 9.4.0 for SQL Server (tar.gz):Chinese (Simplified) | Chinese (Traditional) | English (United States) | French | German | Italian | Japanese | Korean | Portuguese (Brazil) | Russian | Spanish
Release notes
For details about this release, see the release notes and system requirements.
Microsoft Sql Server Express 2020
Previous releases
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To download previous releases, see previous Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server releases.
Using the JDBC driver with Maven Central
The JDBC driver can be added to a Maven project by adding it as a dependency in the POM.xml file with the following code:
Unsupported drivers
Unsupported driver versions aren't available for download here. We're continually improving the Java connectivity support. As such we highly recommend that you work with the latest version of Microsoft JDBC driver.
Next steps
For more information about the Microsoft JDBC Driver for SQL Server, see Overview of the JDBC driver and the JDBC driver GitHub repository.