Version 19.0 of the Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server has been released. Version 19.0 includes changes and new features that improve security in the driver.
Features
Support for TDS 8.0 Support for the Host Name In Certificate connection string keyword, and the SSPROP_INIT_HOST_NAME_CERTIFICATE initialization property
Changes
BREAKING CHANGE – Default Encrypt to Yes/Mandatory. BREAKING CHANGE – Changed certificate validation behavior to validate when encryption is negotiated from either the client or the server side, not just the client side.
Breaking Changes Encrypt = true, by default
There a couple breaking changes in 19.0 over previous releases that may affect a lot of