SQL Server Management Studio can help take the guesswork out of creating connection strings for PowerShell applications.

[!INCLUDE snac-removed-oledb-and-odbc] Some [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] Native Client APIs use connection strings to specify connection attributes. Connection strings are lists of keyword and associated ...

Connection pooling improves application performance by reusing database connections instead of creating new ones for each request. Opening a connection involves multiple time-consuming steps: The ...

Transient failures are temporary errors that can occur when connecting to SQL Server and Azure SQL through the mssql-python driver. These errors often resolve on their own: Network connectivity blips.