Trouble finding the Microsoft OLEDB Provider for DB/2 install package?

Today I needed to install the Microsoft OLEDB Provider for DB/2. A quick search brought up this download page:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/download/details.aspx?id=29100

However, if you click on the Download button, you only get the PDF instructions, not the installer file.

The actual files to download are in the Microsoft SQL Server Feature Pack.

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Feature Pack

If you look at the very bottom of the Install Instructions, you will find two links - for the x86 package and the x64 package.

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2014 Feature Pack

In this one, the files are version 5 of the provider, in the Download link.

This was a pain to find, so I thought I'd blog so that someone could benefit from my pain.

Mike

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