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-* Copyright and License Information *
+# Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server
 
-Copyright Microsoft Corporation
+**Welcome to the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server project!**
 
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
-may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+The Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server are PHP 5 extensions that allow for the reading and writing of SQL Server data from within PHP scripts. The release contains two drivers, the SQLSRV driver and the PDO_SQLSRV driver. The SQLSRV extension provides a procedural interface while the PDO_SQLSRV extension implements PDO for accessing data in all editions of SQL Server 2005 and later (including SQL Azure). These drivers rely on the Microsoft SQL Server Native Client's ODBC driver to handle the low-level communication with SQL Server.
 
-You may obtain a copy of the License at:
-http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+Microsoft has published the source code to the driver on this site. With each successive update, we will revisit this plan. We've seen too many projects over-reach in their plans to be responsive to the community. We would prefer to start with a more conservative approach and make sure we're successfully delivering on that before expanding. We understand that many developers will download the source code to create their own build(s) of the driver. However, Microsoft supports only the Microsoft signed versions of the driver.
 
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
-implied.  See the License for the specific language governing
-permissions and limitations under the License.
+We hope you enjoy using the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server.
 
-* Notes about changes to the Microsoft Drivers 3.0 for PHP for SQL Server *
+The Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server Team
 
-For details about the changes included in this release, please see our blog at
-http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlphp or see the SQLSRV_Readme.htm 
-file that is part of the download package.
+## Announcements
 
-* Notes about compiling the Microsoft Drivers 3.0 for PHP for SQL Server *
+Please visit the [blog][blog] for announcements.
 
-Prerequisites: 
+## Prerequisites
 
-* You must first be able to build PHP without including these
-extensions.  For help with doing this, see the official PHP website,
-http://php.net.
+You must first be able to build PHP without including these
+extensions.  For help with doing this, see the [official PHP website][phpweb].
 
-To compile the SQLSRV301 and PDO_SQLSRV301:
+## Build
 
-1) Copy the source code directories from this repository into the ext
+To compile the SQLSRV and PDO_SQLSRV:
+
+1. Copy the source code directories from this repository into the ext
 subdirectory.
 
-2) run buildconf.bat to rebuild the configure.js script to include the
+2. Run buildconf.bat to rebuild the configure.js script to include the
 new drivers.
 
-3) run "cscript configure.js --enable-sqlsrv=shared --enable-pdo
---with-pdo-sqlsrv=shared <other options>" to generate the makefile.
+3. Run "cscript configure.js --enable-sqlsrv=shared --enable-pdo
+--with-pdo-sqlsrv=shared [other options]" to generate the makefile.
 Run "cscript configure.js --help" to see what other options are
 available.  It is possible (and even probable) that other extensions
 will have to be disabled or enabled for the compile to succeed.
 Search bing.com for configurations that have worked for other people.
+  * It might be possible to compile these extensions as non-shared but that configuration has not been tested.
 
-  3a) It might be possible to compile these extensions as non-shared
-  but that configuration has not been tested.
-
-4) run "nmake".  It is suggested that you run the entire build.  If you
+4. Run "nmake".  It is suggested that you run the entire build.  If you
 wish to do so, run "nmake clean" first.
 
-5) To install the resulting build, run "nmake install" or just copy
+5. To install the resulting build, run "nmake install" or just copy
 php_sqlsrv.dll and php_pdo_sqlsrv.dll to your PHP extension directory.
 Also enable them within your PHP installation's php.ini file.
 
 This software has been compiled and tested under PHP 5.3.6 and later
 using the Visual C++ 2008 and 2010, Express and Standard compilers.
 
-* Note about version.h *
+## Changes
+
+For details about the changes included in this release, please see our [blog][blog] or see the SQLSRV_Readme.htm 
+file that is part of the download package.
+
+## Known Issues
+
+Please visit the [project on Github][project] to view outstanding [issues][issues].
+
+## Notes
+
+####Note about version.h
 
 The version numbers in version.h in the source do not match the
 version numbers in the supported PHP extension.
+
+## License
+
+The Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server are licensed under the Apache
+2.0 license.  See the LICENSE file for more details.
+
+[blog]: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlphp/
+
+[project]: https://github.com/Azure/msphpsql
+
+[issues]: https://github.com/Azure/msphpsql/issues
+
+[phpweb]: http://php.net