What's New in Version 5.0
The Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2 version 5.0 offers the following improvements:
Compatibility with SQL Server 2014
Compatibility with SQL Server Data Tools for SQL Server 2014
Compatibility with SQL Server 2014 PowerPivot
Installation on Windows 8.1 and Windows 8
Installation on Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012
Virtualization with Microsoft Azure
Connectivity to IBM DB2 for V10 running on Linux, UNIX, and Windows operating systems
Distributed Unit of Work transactions using MSDTC with XA.