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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories IBM i Access Family
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 23, 2025

RELATED IDEAS

Windows 11 Pro ARM support with 64bit ODBC drivers so PowerBI Desktop and Excel can pull data from IBM i Db2. For all Mac M(x) ARM systems. Support for modern tooling

Power BI does not run on Mac Arm, but does in Parallels with Windows ARM.  IBM 32bit drivers will install in Windows ARM, but 64bit will not.   All modern tooling is requiring 64bit support.  This kills MAC as a dev platform for IBM I with many modern tools they could virtualize before because the IBM i Access Family has not arrived to the need since Mac M1 Arm release in Nov 2020.  5 years later and cannot install Windows Arm 64bit IBM ODBC driver.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Feb 20, 2026
    Thank you for submitting your Idea to enhance IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS).
    Your request for ACS Windows Application package to support ARM on Windows is a duplicate of IBMI-I-4301 https://ibm-power-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/IBMI-I-4301.
    Please note that the ACS Mac Application package has supported ARM since May 2021.

    IBM Power Systems Development
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  • Admin
    Carmelita Ruvalcaba
    Jan 13, 2026

    The CAAC has reviewed this IBM Idea and recommends that IBM view this as a medium priority Idea that should be addressed.
    CAAC endorses the notion that 64bit IBM i ODBC drivers should run on Windows and Mac ARM.

    Background: The COMMON Americas Advisory Council (CAAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CAAC has a key role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual IBM Ideas on the broader IBM i community and has therefore reviewed your Idea.

    For more information about CAAC, see www.common.org/caac
    Carmelita Ruvalcaba - CAAC Program Manager

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