SQL Server JDBC Error on Java 8: The driver could not establish a secure connection to SQL Server by using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption

Question

I am getting the following error when connecting to a SQL Server database using version the Microsoft JDBC Driver:

com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLSer

Answer 1

Microsoft Recently open sourced their driver. One can see mssql-jdbc driver activity on GitHub. I guess latest preview version is 6.1.5.

Also you can find all preview versions on maven too. Supporting both JDK7 & JDK 8.