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Pay for Performance

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Access + ODBC Driver 18 + SQL Server 2025: ~150–250 ms per request

By Bruno De Grauwe

Has anyone encountered recurring request latency when using Microsoft Access with SQL Server 2025...

The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User

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The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User

On SQL Server 2025, I run this code as a sysadmin: 

CREATE LOGIN Demo WITH PASSWORD = 'Demo1234567'
GO
ALTER SERVER ROLE ##MS_DatabaseConnector## ADD MEMBER Demo
GO
I then login as Demo and run this: 
USE sandbox
go
SELECT CURRENT_USER
What is returned?

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