Merge pull request #18404 from v-ancha/17.7_win_release_notes

17.7 win release notes

Author: PRMerger13

docs/connect/odbc/bug-fixes.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: "List of bugs fixed"
 description: "This page contains a listing of bugs fixed in each release, starting with Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server."
 ms.custom: ""
-ms.date: "04/24/2020"
+ms.date: "01/29/2021"
 ms.prod: sql
 ms.prod_service: connectivity
 ms.reviewer: ""
@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ manager: kenvh
 
 This page contains a listing of bugs fixed in each release, starting with [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../../includes/msconame_md.md)] ODBC Driver 17 for [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)].
 
+### Bug fixes in the [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../../includes/msconame_md.md)] ODBC Driver 17.7 for [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)]
+
+- Fix character encoding of VARIANT columns in BCP NATIVE mode
+- Fix setting of SQL_ATTR_PARAMS_PROCESSED_PTR under specific conditions
+- Fix SQLDescribeParam in FMTONLY mode for statements containing comments
+- Fix an issue with federated authentication when using Okta
+- Fix excessive memory usage on multi-processor systems
+- Fix Azure AD authentication for some variants of Azure SQL DB
+
 ### Bug fixes in the [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../../includes/msconame_md.md)] ODBC Driver 17.6 for [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)]
 
 - Fix ADAL error when authenticating with a federated account (Windows)

docs/connect/odbc/windows/release-notes-odbc-sql-server-windows.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 title: "Release Notes for ODBC Driver for SQL Server on Windows"
 description: "This release notes article describes the changes in each release of the Microsoft ODBC driver for SQL Server on Windows."
 ms.custom: ""
-ms.date: "10/29/2020"
+ms.date: "01/29/2021"
 ms.prod: sql
 ms.prod_service: connectivity
 ms.technology: connectivity
@@ -37,6 +37,28 @@ Thank you.
 GeneMi (and CraigG).  2019/03/30.
 -->
 
+## 17.7
+
+![download](../../../ssms/media/download-icon.png) [Download x64 installer](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153471)  
+![download](../../../ssms/media/download-icon.png) [Download x86 installer](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153469)  
+
+Version number: 17.7.1.1  
+Released: January 29, 2021
+
+If you need to download the installer in a language other than the one detected for you, you can use these direct links.  
+For the x64 driver: [Chinese (Simplified)](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153471&clcid=0x804) | [Chinese (Traditional)](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153471&clcid=0x404) | [English (United States)](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153471&clcid=0x409) | [French](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153471&clcid=0x40c) | [German](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153471&clcid=0x407) | [Italian](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153471&clcid=0x410) | [Japanese](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153471&clcid=0x411) | [Korean](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153471&clcid=0x412) | [Portuguese (Brazil)](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153471&clcid=0x416) | [Russian](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153471&clcid=0x419) | [Spanish](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153471&clcid=0x40a)  
+For the x86 driver: [Chinese (Simplified)](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153469&clcid=0x804) | [Chinese (Traditional)](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153469&clcid=0x404) | [English (United States)](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153469&clcid=0x409) | [French](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153469&clcid=0x40c) | [German](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153469&clcid=0x407) | [Italian](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153469&clcid=0x410) | [Japanese](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153469&clcid=0x411) | [Korean](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153469&clcid=0x412) | [Portuguese (Brazil)](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153469&clcid=0x416) | [Russian](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153469&clcid=0x419) | [Spanish](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2153469&clcid=0x40a)
+
+| Feature added | Details |
+| :------- | :------ |
+| AKV Interactive Authentication | See [Using Always Encrypted](../using-always-encrypted-with-the-odbc-driver.md). |
+| Service Principal Authentication | See [DSN and Connection String Attributes and Keywords](../dsn-connection-string-attribute.md). |
+| Ability to insert into encrypted money and smallmoney columns | See [Using Always Encrypted](../using-always-encrypted-with-the-odbc-driver.md). |
+| Bug fixes. | [Bug fixes](../bug-fixes.md). |
+|   |   |
+
+## Previous Releases
+
 ## 17.6
 
 ![download](../../../ssms/media/download-icon.png) [Download x64 installer](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2137027)  
@@ -56,8 +78,6 @@ For the x86 driver: [Chinese (Simplified)](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?link
 | Bug fixes. | [Bug fixes](../bug-fixes.md). |
 |   |   |
 
-## Previous Releases
-
 ## 17.5.2
 
 ![download](../../../ssms/media/download-icon.png) [Download x64 installer](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2120137)