title: How to resolve error "Cannot load JDBC driver class" displayed in jmeter 4.0
body: <p>I recently updated to jmeter 4.0 from jmeter 3.2. In jmx file, i have query to execute and it was running fine in jmeter 3.2 . But the jmx file fails with error "Response message: java.sql.SQLException: Cannot load JDBC driver class 'com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver'" in jmeter 4.0. Please help me in resolving this issue.</p>
  
  <p>below is the screenshot of JDBC Connection Configuration<a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/XAolL.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/XAolL.jpg" alt="JDBC connection config"></a></p>