Driver feature support matrix for Microsoft SQL Server

If you're planning to use a feature in Microsoft SQL Server, it might not be available in all drivers. Some reasons a feature might not be in a particular driver include:

• The feature doesn't apply to the driver technology.
• The feature is new and isn't implemented across all drivers yet.
• The feature isn't in demand in a particular driver.
• Other features are being implemented first.

We wish all drivers supported every feature and spend effort to ensure feature parity across drivers. However that isn't always possible. To help you choose the appropriate driver for your needs, here's a list of popular features and the drivers that implement them.

• .NET
• ODBC
• OLE DB
• Go
• JDBC
• Node.js / JavaScript
• PHP
• Python

Feature	Microsoft.Data.SqlClient (.NET Core)	Microsoft.Data.SqlClient (.NET Framework)	System.Data.SqlClient (.NET Core)	System.Data.SqlClient (.NET Framework)
Always Encrypted	Yes	Yes		Yes (v4.6+)
Always Encrypted with secure enclaves	Yes (v1.1+)	Yes (v1.1+)		Yes (v4.7.2+)
Microsoft Entra access token authentication	Yes	Yes	Yes (v4.6+)	Yes (v4.6+)
Microsoft Entra password authentication	Yes	Yes		Yes (v4.6+)
Microsoft Entra integrated authentication	Yes	Yes		Yes (v4.6+)
Microsoft Entra Interactive (MFA) authentication	Yes	Yes (v2.0+)
Microsoft Entra managed identity authentication	Yes (v2.1+)	Yes (v2.1+)
Microsoft Entra service principal authentication	Yes (v2.0+)	Yes (v2.0+)
Microsoft Entra service principal certificate authentication
Microsoft Entra default Azure authentication	Yes (v3.0+)	Yes (v3.0+)
Windows-Integrated authentication	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bulk Copy	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Data Sensitivity and Classification metadata	Yes	Yes
Multiple Active Result Sets (MARS)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Spatial Data Types		Yes		Yes
Table-Valued Parameters (TVP)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MultiSubnetFailover	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Transparent Network IP Resolution		Yes		Yes
TDS 8.0 (strict encryption) and TLS 1.3	Yes (v5.1+)	Yes (v5.1+)

Feature	ODBC Driver for SQL Server on Windows	ODBC Driver for SQL Server on Linux and macOS	JDBC Driver for SQL Server	OLE DB Driver for SQL Server
Always Encrypted	Yes (v13.1+)	Yes (v13.1+)	Yes (v6.0+)
Always Encrypted with secure enclaves	Yes (v17.4+)	Yes (v17.4+)	Yes (v8.2+)
Microsoft Entra access token authentication	Yes (v13.1+)	Yes (v13.1+)	Yes (v6.0+)	Yes (v18.2+)
Microsoft Entra password authentication	Yes (v13.1+)	Yes (v13.1+)	Yes (v6.0+)	Yes (v18.2+)
Microsoft Entra integrated authentication	Yes (v13.1+)	Yes (v17.6+)	Yes (v6.0+)	Yes (v18.2+)
Microsoft Entra Interactive (MFA) authentication	Yes (v17.1+)		Yes (v9.2+)	Yes (v18.3+)
Microsoft Entra managed identity authentication	Yes (v17.3+)	Yes (v17.3+)	Yes (v7.2+)	Yes (v18.3+)
Microsoft Entra service principal authentication	Yes (v17.7+)	Yes (v17.7+)	Yes (v9.2+)	Yes (v18.5+)
Microsoft Entra service principal certificate authentication			Yes (v12.4+)
Microsoft Entra default Azure authentication			Yes (v12.2+)
Windows-Integrated authentication	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bulk Copy	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Data Discovery and Classification metadata	Yes (v17.2+)	Yes (v17.2+)	Yes (v7.0+)	Yes (v18.5+)
Multiple Active Result Sets (MARS)	Yes	Yes		Yes
Spatial Data Types			Yes (v7.0+)
Table-Valued Parameters (TVP)	Yes	Yes	Yes (v6.0+)	Yes
MultiSubnetFailover	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Transparent Network IP Resolution	Yes (v13.0+)	Yes (v13.1+)	Yes (v6.0+)	Yes (v18.4+)
TDS 8.0 (strict encryption) and TLS 1.3	Yes (v18.0+)	Yes (v18.0+)	Yes (v11.2+)	Yes (v19.2+)

Feature	Drivers for PHP for SQL Server on Windows1	Drivers for PHP for SQL Server on Linux and macOS1	Tedious (Node.js)	pyODBC (Python)1	Go (go-lang)
Always Encrypted	Yes (v5.2+)	Yes (v5.2+)		Yes	Yes
Always Encrypted with secure enclaves	Yes (v5.8+)	Yes (v5.8+)		Yes
Microsoft Entra access token authentication	Yes (v4.3+)	Yes (v4.3+)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Entra password authentication	Yes (v4.3+)	Yes (v4.3+)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Entra integrated authentication	Yes (v4.3+)	Yes (v4.3+)		Yes
Microsoft Entra Interactive (MFA) authentication				Yes2	Yes
Microsoft Entra managed identity authentication	Yes (v5.6+)	Yes (v5.6+)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Entra service principal authentication	Yes (v5.9+)	Yes (v5.9+)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Microsoft Entra service principal certificate authentication					Yes
Microsoft Entra default Azure authentication					Yes
Windows-Integrated authentication	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Bulk Copy			Yes		Yes
Data Discovery and Classification metadata	Yes (v5.8+)	Yes (v5.8+)
Multiple Active Result Sets (MARS)	Yes	Yes		Yes
Spatial Data Types
Table-Valued Parameters (TVP)	Yes (v5.10+)	Yes (v5.10+)	Yes	Yes	Yes
MultiSubnetFailover	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes (always / not optional)
Transparent Network IP Resolution	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
TDS 8.0 (strict encryption) and TLS 1.3	Yes (v5.10+)	Yes (v5.10+)	Yes (v16.3+)	Yes	Yes

¹ Since these drivers rely on the Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server, a version of that driver that supports the feature must also be used.

² Only on Windows.

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