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. As the traditional, Windows-only .NET Framework is basically ...

To license under Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise 2012 they would license it as 40 (4×10) core licenses. (See the note about “Software Assurance Implications” below). However; under the 2012 ...

Take advantage of the open source library Serilog to log your ASP.NET Core application’s data to SQL Server or another ... nvarchar(max) NULL, [Level] nvarchar(max) NULL, [TimeStamp ...

The change also will align Windows Server licensing with the per-core licensing already offered for Azure, SQL Server and BizTalk. The change won't likely have much of an impact for most customers ...

This package allows you to seed the data to SQL Server database using pure T-SQL scripts but in a managed fashion similar to Entity Framework Core migrations. It makes your scripts part of the project ...

On Thursday, Microsoft execs will demonstrate SQL Server on Linux running on Red Hat ... also noted that Red Hat is now supporting .NET Core 1.0 running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.