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Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) release history
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This article outlines the different Microsoft Data Access
Component (MDAC) versions that are available and the products that install
them.
The following table contains the list of different MDAC
releases along with the release date for each.
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| MDAC Version | Release Date | Shipped
With | Additional Notes |
|---|
| MDAC 2.8 SP2 | 03/2005 | Windows 2003 SP1
| No Web release |
| MDAC 2.8 SP1 | 08/2004 | Windows XP SP2
and Windows XP SP3 | Released on the Web and available at the following Web site:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx)
|
| MDAC 2.8 | 08/2003 | Windows Server
2003 | Released on the Web and available at the following Web site:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx)
|
| MDAC 2.7 SP1 Refresh (X86 only) | 08/2006 | Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows ME, and Windows NT | Released
on the Web and available at the following Web site:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx)
|
| MDAC 2.7 SP1 | 08/2002 | Windows XP SP1 | No Web Release |
| MDAC 2.7 | 10/2001 | Windows XP | Released
on the Web and available at the following Web site:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx)
|
| MDAC 2.6 SP2 | 6/2002 | SQL Server 2000
SP2 | Released on the Web and available at the following Web site:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx)
|
| MDAC 2.6 SP1 | 6/2001 | SQL Server 2000
SP1 | Released on the Web and available at the following Web site:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx)
|
| MDAC 2.6 | 9/2000 | SQL Server
2000 | Released on the Web and available at the following Web site:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx)
|
| MDAC 2.5 SP3 | 12/2003 | Windows 2000
SP3 | Released on the Web and available at the following Web site:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx)
|
| MDAC 2.5 SP2 | 5/2001 | Windows 2000
SP2 | Released on the Web and available at the following Web site:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx)
|
| MDAC 2.5 SP1 | 7/31/2000 | Windows 2000
SP1 | Released on the Web and available at the following Web site:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx)
|
| MDAC 2.5 | 2/17/2000 | Windows
2000 | Released on the Web and available at the following Web site:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/data/aa937730.aspx)
|
| MDAC 2.1 SP2 | | | No Web Release |
| MDAC 2.1 SP1a (GA) | 4/1/1999 | Office 2000,
BackOffice 4.5, Visual Studio 98 SP3 (*Internet Explorer 5a shipped minimal
install) | Web Release |
| MDAC 2.1 SP1 | 3/15/1999 | Internet Explorer
5.0 | No Web Release |
| MDAC 2.1 | 11/07/1998 | SQL Server 7.0, Server
6.5 SP5 | No Web Release |
| MDAC 2.0 SP2 | 07/01/1998 | | Released
through the Web. Y2K remediation for all platforms |
| MDAC 2.0 SP1 | 07/01/1998 | Windows NT 4.0
(SP4) | Y2K remediation for Windows NT 4.0 |
| MDAC 2.0 | 07/01/1998 | Visual Studio
98 | No Web Release |
| MDAC 1.5 a/b/c/d
| 08/01/1997 | n/a | n/a |
| MDAC 1.5 | 08/01/1997 | | MDAC 1.5 shipped
two separate releases, with two separate sets of files. Shipped in betas for
Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 (Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack), Internet
Explorer 4.0, Internet Explorer 4.01 SP1, and Windows 98. The first release was
in Internet Explorer 4.0. The second was from the 1997 Professional Developer's
Conference |
For information about the Support Lifecycle policy for MDAC, see question 6 on the following Microsoft Web site:
For more information, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
230722Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=230722/
)
Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3 Readme: Part 1 - Overview and installation
232574Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=232574/
)
Readme.txt for SQL Server
7.0 service pack
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Data Access Components 2.5
- Microsoft Data Access Components 2.6
- Microsoft Data Access Components 2.7
- Microsoft Data Access Components 2.8
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