Hotfix available for JDBC 6.2 RTW

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We recently released a hotfix for the JDBC Driver 6.2 RTW, released as version 6.2.2. This hotfix upgrades the Azure Key Vault and Azure Active Directory for Java dependencies to their most recent stable versions.

If you are currently using Always Encrypted functionality with Azure Key Vault or using Azure Active Directory authentication, we encourage you to update your JDBC Driver to use version 6.2.2.

Getting the hotfix release

The hotfix bits are available on the Microsoft Download Center, GitHub repository, and Maven Central.

Add the JDBC 6.2.2 RTW driver to your Maven project by adding the following code to your POM file to include it as a dependency in your project.

 <dependency>
    <groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
    <artifactId>mssql-jdbc</artifactId>
    <version>6.2.2.jre8</version>
</dependency>

Please update your projects to use the 6.2.2 release jars. More information is available in the release notes.

Help us improve the JDBC Driver by filing issues on GitHub or contributing to the project.

Andrea Lam (andrela@microsoft.com)