Oracle SQL Developer supports SQL Server via jTDS driver

Pardon the confusion with all the freely flung usage of the term SQL coupled with the vaguely descriptive "developer" and "server" terms. This article describes the requirements for getting Oracle's SQL Developer client to work with Microsoft's SQL Server database manager.

SQL Developer supports connections to SQL Server, but in spite of Microsoft providing its own JDBC driver, SQL Developer will only work with the jTDS driver. Download that and point SQL Developer to it via:

Tools | Preferences…
Database | Third Party JDBC Drivers

Point SQL Developer to the jTDS driver to use with SQL Server.

If connections are being made from the Windows version and Windows authentication will be necessary, then the ntlmauth.dll library will need to be copied into the JDK directory:

Copy from

PATH_TO_JTDS\jtds-VERSION\PLATFORM\SSO\ntlmauth.dll

Copy to

JAVA_JDK_DIRETORY\jre\bin\ntlmauth.dll

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