Does SSMS use ODBC?

1 Answer. SSMS doesn’t use ODBC drivers to connect to SQL Server databases. If it is SQL Server, it will use its native driver. It if it another DB Engine type, it will then ask you which driver to use.Click to see full answer. Similarly, how does ODBC connect to SQL Server? Click Start and select Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools. Double-click Data Sources (ODBC) to open the ODBC Data Source Administrator. Select the System DSN tab. Click Add. Select SQL Server and click Finish. Complete the DSN Configuration wizard (see example screen shots below) Beside above, how do I use ODBC? Add an ODBC data source Click Start, and then click Control Panel. In the Control Panel, double-click Administrative Tools. In the Administrative Tools dialog box, double-click Data Sources (ODBC). Click User DSN, System DSN, or File DSN, depending on the type of data source you want to add. Click Add. Besides, what driver does SSMS use? SSMS uses a . NET provider to connect to SQL Server. SQL Server database engine can use an ODBC driver if you have a linked server to another server. If this is a database server and not an application server, chances are most drivers are rarelly used.Can you use SSMS to connect to Oracle?Yes, you add linked server and access Oracle data from SSMS and here is how you to add it. These links will help you understand how to add and trouble shoot the issues.