Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2 is a native data access component from Microsoft Corporation that enables Windows applications and Microsoft data tools to connect to IBM DB2 databases. It exposes DB2 data through the OLE DB interface, allowing developers and administrators to query, update, and integrate DB2 across mainframe (z/OS), midrange (IBM i), and distributed (Linux/UNIX/Windows) environments.

Key capabilities:

• Seamless integration with Microsoft tools, including SQL Server Linked Servers, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), and applications using ADO or other OLE DB consumers.
• High-performance connectivity using the DRDA protocol, with support for parameterized queries, bulk operations, and connection pooling.
• Transaction support with Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) for coordinated, cross-platform operations.
• Robust metadata and schema discovery, plus data type mapping between DB2 and SQL types.
• Unicode and code page conversion to maintain data fidelity across systems.
• Available in 32-bit and 64-bit editions for Windows, with standard OLE DB connection string configuration.

This provider is ideal for organizations that need reliable, enterprise-grade connectivity between Microsoft-based applications and IBM DB2, supporting reporting, analytics, ETL, and application integration scenarios without requiring third-party middleware.

Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2 is developed by Microsoft. The most popular versions of this product among our users are: 7.0 and 8.0. The names of program executable files are dexplore.exe, histrace.exe and Microsoft.HostIntegration.DataAccessTool.exe.