SQLServer as a System Database

Notes

When connecting to Azure SQL, you'll need to include the hostname in the user credentials

ex: username@hostname, rather than just username

Note: Starting in DreamFactory 2.1.1 drivers and extensions required for PHP 5.6 will need to be used. (changes reflected in this document)

Download and install Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server (if not already installed). Currently this is available here. In 32-bit environments, install the x86 package. In 64-bit environments, install the x64 package.
Download and install the appropriate SQL Server Native Client (if not already installed and SQL Server is not hosted on the same machine as DSP). In 32-bit environments, install the x86 package. In 64-bit environments, install the x64 package. Currently the Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client is available here, and the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Native Client is available here.
DreamFactory uses PHP PDO drivers for DB connections. Full documentation on PDO_SQLSRV is available here. You will need to download and extract the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server. Currently these are available here.
Copy the DLLs for your version of PHP into your PHP's extensions directory. E.g., for PHP 5.6, the DLLs are php_pdo_sqlsrv_56_ts.dll and php_sqlsrv_56_ts.dll (which were extracted from the download in the third step). (Rare case: if you are integrating with IIS as your web server, use the non-thread-safe DLLs instead (php_pdo_sqlsrv_56_nts.dll and php_sqlsrv_56_nts.dll).)
Enable the copied DLLs in your php.ini file. Using the example DLLs from step #4, you would add the following lines to C:\Bitnami\dreamfactory-2.1.1-1\php\php.ini and save:
- extension=php_pdo_sqlsrv_56_ts.dll
- extension=php_sqlsrv_56_ts.dll

Note:If you are using DreamFactory 2.1.0-4 or older you will require drivers and extensions for PHP 5.5 (see below)

Enable the copied DLLs in your php.ini file. Using the example DLLs from step #4, you would add the following lines to C:\Bitnami\dreamfactory-2.1.0-4\php\php.ini and save:
- extension=php_pdo_sqlsrv_55_ts.dll
- extension=php_sqlsrv_55_ts.dll

In your package manager install the PHP Sybase package.
Ubuntu/Debian example:
```
$ sudo apt-get install php5-sybase
```
No other configuration is necessary, unless you intend to use MS SQL Server as your DreamFactory system database.