Microsoft announced that version 3.8 of the Microsoft Open Database Connectivity Driver Manager (ODBC DM) (Driver Manager) will be released in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. According to Pak-Ming Cheung, no less than four major improvements differentiate ODBC 3.80 from previous releases ODBC 3.5x: Streamed Output Parameters; ODBC C-Type Extensibility; Asynchronous Connection Operation; and Better Management In ODBC Connection Pooling. Of course that developers can already get a taste of the Open Database Connectivity Driver Manager 3.80 by accessing the Release Candidate build of Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1.