| title | Choosing a Level of Interoperability | |
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| description | Choosing a Level of Interoperability | |
| author | dlevy-msft-sql | |
| ms.author | dlevy | |
| ms.reviewer | davidengel, sunilbs, mcimfl | |
| ms.date | 01/19/2017 | |
| ms.service | sql | |
| ms.subservice | connectivity | |
| ms.topic | concept-article | |
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Assuming the application will use ODBC, the next step is to determine what level of interoperability is required. The basic level of interoperability is usually a function of the application type: Custom applications tend not to be interoperable, vertical applications tend to be interoperable among a limited number of DBMSs, and generic applications tend to be interoperable among all DBMSs.
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