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Connects a .NET application to Azure SQL Database with Microsoft.Data.SqlClient: which package references are required, the encryption defaults and what changed, connection pooling and the keys that split a pool, and managed identity or other Microsoft Entra ID modes. Use when a user says "connect .NET to Azure SQL", "Microsoft.Data.SqlClient", "SqlConnection", "passwordless access for my .NET app", "managed identity for my API", "Active Directory Default", "Max Pool Size", "Encrypt=Strict", or
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Versionv1.0.0
AuthorMicrosoft
Categorycoding
Skill IDmicrosoft/microsoft-sql/plugins/microsoft-sql-vscode/skills/connect-from-dotnet
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