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Microsoft has updated a beta version of Office for Mac to support upcoming Apple Silicon devices that have not been released.
Although Apple has yet to launch a consumer-oriented Apple Silicon device, the company is expected to unveil new models with proprietary processors at its “One More Thing” event on November 10.
Before then, Microsoft appears to be introducing some Apple Silicon-compatible features into its Office Insider beta testing program. A new build released on November 2 contains support for Apple-designed processors for SQL Server connectivity settings.
More specifically, the built-in SQL Open Data Connectivity (ODBC) provider in Excel for Mac now supports Apple Silicon devices. Microsoft also added support for the TLS v1.2 communication protocol.
“This feature provides support for SQL Server ODBC data connections to work properly on new devices that have Apple Silicon processors, as well as support for SQL servers that require secure connections through the TLS v1.2 protocol,” Microsoft wrote in their release notes.
The Excel function allows users to access data in SQL server databases using built-in ODBC drivers. Since the feature is in beta testing, it may take a while before it hits Apple Silicon devices.
