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Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.AlwaysEncrypted.AzureKeyVaultProvider

Always Encrypted Azure Key Vault Provider for Microsoft.Data.SqlClient. This library enables .NET applications to use Microsoft Azure Key Vault with Always Encrypted in Microsoft Azure SQL Database and Microsoft SQL Server. The library includes the column master key store provider that allows client applications to access data when a column master key is stored in Microsoft Azure Key Vault. For more information on Always Encrypted, please refer to: https://aka.ms/AlwaysEncrypted. Use this library only with the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient (https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient) client driver.

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Published
Mar 17, 2026
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Install

.NET CLI
dotnet add package Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.AlwaysEncrypted.AzureKeyVaultProvider --version 7.0.0
Package Manager Console
Install-Package Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.AlwaysEncrypted.AzureKeyVaultProvider -Version 7.0.0
PackageReference
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.AlwaysEncrypted.AzureKeyVaultProvider" Version="7.0.0" />

Frameworks

.NETStandard2.0

Dependencies

Azure.Core
.NETStandard2.0
[1.51.1, )
[4.9.0, )
[7.0.0, )
[8.0.1, )

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