# How to connect MS Sql server in windows?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-connect-ms-sql-server-in-windows/107357>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 13, 2017, 8:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-connect-ms-sql-server-in-windows/107357 "2017-11-13T08:56:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 9:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-connect-ms-sql-server-in-windows/107357/2 "2017-11-13T09:32:25Z")

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First read

> [@Problem in connecting to SQL Server using JDBC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-in-connecting-to-sql-server-using-jdbc/107309/2):
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> Looking at the matrix that @jprante wrote at [https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch-jdbc](https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch-jdbc) and some issues like It seems like the project is not compatible with 5.x. There is a 5.0 branch though: [https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch-jdbc/tree/5.0](https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch-jdbc/tree/5.0) Unsure what is its state.

The problem you have is something else I think but I prefer that you know the limits before solving something useless.

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