3495253 - UnsupportedClassVersionError after deploying JDBC driver for MS SQL server 2022

Process Orchestration (PO) system is on SAP Netweaver 7.50, Java version 8. To connect to MS SQL server 2022, check with the JDBC vendor about the correct JDBC driver that is supported by Java version 8.

After deployment, the JDBC connection from PO system to MS SQL server 2022 fails with the below error:

Error during database connection to the database URL 'jdbc:sqlserver://<db_Server>:port;databaseName=<db_name>' 
using the JDBC driver 'com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver': 
'com.sap.engine.interfaces.messaging.api.exception.MessagingException: 
com.sap.aii.adapter.jdbc.sql.DriverManagerException: 
Cannot establish connection with the registered driver. 
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver returns: 
com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerDriver has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 55.0), 
this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0.
: UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerDriver has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 55.0), 
this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0#

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• SAP NetWeaver
• SAP Process Orchestration

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