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Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer

Microsoft SQL Server database provider for Entity Framework Core. This package was built from the source code at https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFrameworkCore/tree/1cdd769419dc1ef5ea7bff5247786bc2bb1524b4

Total Downloads
992.6M
992,636,840
Published
Feb 12, 2019
Latest stable version

Install

.NET CLI
dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer --version 2.2.2
Package Manager Console
Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer -Version 2.2.2
PackageReference
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer" Version="2.2.2" />

Frameworks

.NETStandard2.0

Dependencies

System.Data.SqlClient
.NETStandard2.0
[4.6.0, )

Adoption guide

Workloads standardized on SQL Server or Azure SQL that need mature migrations and provider documentation.

Entity Framework guide
Why it appears in the guide: EF Core provider for SQL Server with broad feature support and deep integration with Microsoft data tooling. Trade-off: Ties query behavior and advanced feature usage to SQL Server semantics and version capabilities.

NuGet marks this package as deprecated. Review the publisher's migration guidance before adopting it.

No SPDX license expression is published. Review the license text and your organisation's policy before redistribution.

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