Laravel migration cannot find driver when using sqlsrv database in windows - development

Laravel migration cannot find driver when using sqlsrv database in windows

I am using sqlsrv database connection in my project as I need to connect to Microsoft SQL Database.

I have successfully installed the sqlsrv driver because I can connect to the Database to retrieve data.

But when I try to do the Laravel Migration, it shows an error:

IlluminateDatabaseQueryException  : could not find driver (SQL: select * from sysobjects where type = 'U' and name = migrations)

Below is my .env

DB_CONNECTION=sqlsrv
DB_HOST=**********.database.windows.net
DB_PORT=1433
DB_DATABASE=****************_4cd1_9d18_2a7d9ddbcd13
DB_USERNAME=***************_4cd1_9d18_2a7d9ddbcd13_ExternalWriter
DB_PASSWORD=***************

php.ini

extension=php_xmlrpc.dll
extension=php_xsl.dll
extension=php_pdo_sqlsrv_7_nts_x64.dll
extension=php_pdo_sqlsrv_7_nts_x86.dll
extension=php_pdo_sqlsrv_7_ts_x64.dll
extension=php_pdo_sqlsrv_7_ts_x86.dll
extension=php_pdo_sqlsrv_71_nts_x64.dll
extension=php_pdo_sqlsrv_71_nts_x86.dll
extension=php_pdo_sqlsrv_71_ts_x64.dll
extension=php_pdo_sqlsrv_71_ts_x86.dll


extension=php_sqlsrv_7_nts_x64.dll
extension=php_sqlsrv_7_nts_x86.dll
extension=php_sqlsrv_7_ts_x64.dll
extension=php_sqlsrv_7_ts_x86.dll
extension=php_sqlsrv_71_nts_x64.dll
extension=php_sqlsrv_71_nts_x86.dll
extension=php_sqlsrv_71_ts_x64.dll
extension=php_sqlsrv_71_ts_x86.dll

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