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The Microsoft SQL Server protocol documentation provides technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols that are implemented and used in Microsoft SQL Server.

• The Microsoft SQL Server protocol documentation provides detailed technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols (including extensions to industry-standard or other published protocols) that are implemented and used in Microsoft SQL Server to interoperate or communicate with Microsoft products.
  
  The documentation includes a set of companion overview and reference documents that supplement the technical specifications with conceptual background, overviews of inter-protocol relationships and interactions, and technical reference information.

Files

Status: Live This download is still available on microsoft.com. The downloads below will come directly from the Microsoft Download Center.

File	Size
SQLServerProtocols.zip SHA1: 19b33f073e51b1f6b07aa492c31e5bd57cba7918	51.09 MB
[MS-ASUR].pdf SHA1: 62a74bc25fe848af7f43f6136a01779acb205154	670 KB
[MS-BINXML].pdf SHA1: 465035d2e957b62e2421e15f3609b8609323dbdb	612 KB
[MS-CEPM].pdf SHA1: 554f4309858cb6c715c795b531746d78ed4d2de3	1.75 MB
[MS-DSDG].pdf SHA1: 93d7619662e738d54a309bff5155fa4ef7d78411	757 KB
[MS-DSDIFFGRAM].pdf SHA1: caaf100d472ebe51b0b38e75f361ecba85514ca4	522 KB
[MS-LETSF].pdf SHA1: 479ecf32090e46daf534c8e77c55421ac8a31495	688 KB
[MS-ODBCSTR].pdf SHA1: 2f00e69bddaf5781df9558a9f042dbc9b33cafda	540 KB
[MS-OLEDBSTR].pdf SHA1: 9eab095ac13d4f0280e468a6cf2b3b0a353def85	568 KB
[MS-RDL].pdf SHA1: 7a99f8cb335abd81088f616279bb333637881db7	13.16 MB
[MS-RGDI].pdf SHA1: a7bafdddbeac15e983899dbd057d11c2fd6b51bc	886 KB
[MS-RPL].pdf SHA1: c8156a0ea3055c39c4af048718e4c1306991b84f	2.80 MB
[MS-RSREST].pdf SHA1: ac4ba22fe669521a48f22658d67700d13d1fc381	1.36 MB
[MS-RSWSRE2005].pdf SHA1: 4bbe883246b429912c70fb0115523f13554abf56	832 KB
[MS-RSWSRM2010].pdf SHA1: 258f68aa5c43a71d1e4340d7a7f17cae82d5991c	1.35 MB
[MS-RSWSRMNM2005].pdf SHA1: d91cc20adf86425ed5ef3060c613c46e63d4f5e0	1.17 MB
[MS-RSWSRMSM2006].pdf SHA1: e205b9e498d74cc8c6e2700b22b108e9bb387306	1.12 MB
[MS-RSWSSFA].pdf SHA1: 4ae1edd60f60eadbf9a01745f1771f5b66a6379b	529 KB
[MS-SCCSTR].pdf SHA1: fc381da4f437485d31eae8e02f0d5335288f7793	569 KB
[MS-SSAS-T].pdf SHA1: e1274d0d53f98abed49b48e1d037c930ce757d7c	1.87 MB
[MS-SSAS8].pdf SHA1: c24d98cc2b38bfb1845bb9811d7f261e66cb340a	1.51 MB
[MS-SSAS].pdf SHA1: a181b07c398ccb42a4d30f674741ce9f5f1c3c72	5.43 MB
[MS-SSCLRT].pdf SHA1: 655eb8095093e9d5cfa71e0baabc6de745b34c09	641 KB
[MS-SSDPWP].pdf SHA1: 57d36b9a3fec0174f6c7ea150443d30c8fed79f9	603 KB
[MS-SSMDSWS-15].pdf SHA1: 8177a7157b956f5815e30d87019791917536c2f8	4.61 MB
[MS-SSMDSWS].pdf SHA1: 3025dd0bcfcd8cd3e36a89f615ced110c971d975	5.21 MB
[MS-SSNWS].pdf SHA1: 1e97a6b3b55f53f6ff52aae49790d1cee7bb5b89	924 KB
[MS-SSREF].pdf SHA1: a01673696149b41d59160e63fbf9a5c563c2de65	536 KB
[MS-SSSO].pdf SHA1: 3e8688946b6e411d9315009b4cc30bb9f6b83647	969 KB
[MS-SSTDS].pdf SHA1: a7cb1f3e2611bf01fb051aeb788cb262463ad162	1.22 MB
[MS-XSSK].pdf SHA1: dbd99dfd71feeb265606a2be094277faf1b07b33	538 KB
[ReadmefirstSQL].pdf SHA1: f006b095e18e07430230c9d9d5367a79271cabd6	230 KB

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

• The protocol specifications are available in the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) which you can open by using Adobe Reader, available at http://www.adobe.com.
  
  Note: For optimal readability of the PDF documents, it is recommended that they be opened and viewed by using Adobe Reader 8.0. Earlier versions of Adobe Reader might not provide the same reading quality.

• Individual PDF files should be stored in a single directory to enable links between the protocol specifications. Note that if you download additional protocol documents from Microsoft, they should also be stored in the same directory to enable linking.
  
  The self-extracting Zip file (SQLProtocols.zip) in this list of files contains all of the client protocol documents. Please download and read the readme file.This package does not collect any personal information.