Take advantage of the open source library Serilog to log your ASP.NET Core application’s data to SQL Server or another database target.

Microsoft is readying SQL Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and is making .NET Core 1.0 and ASP.NET Core 1.0 generally available today, as promised.

Microsoft announced a new data access driver for SQL Server that should be the path forward for data developers in the era of .NET Core.

You'll also find eight packages for supporting Entity Framework Core with SQL Server, a SQL Server caching library, an EF Core package for diagnostics, an EF Core package for identity, and many more.

In our last article we looked at System.Data in .NET Core 3.0. Now we turn our attention to System.Data.SqlClient, which is the SQL Server driver.

Microsoft's continued focus on SQL Server 2025 highlights the lasting demand for on-premises and hybrid deployments that prioritize performance, control and flexibility for enterprise workloads.

You can use VB.NET or C# to write procedural code and create user-defined types and aggregates in SQL Server.

Microsoft announced a preview of SQL Server 2025 with native vector support, improved security, performance, and Azure integration.