ErikEJ
@erikej.bsky.social
.NET MVP with a passion for .NET Data, Entity Framework Core & DacFX. GitHub OSS maintainer. Publisher of EF Core Power Tools and other .NET Data tools. Blog: https://erikej.github.io
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ErikEJ
@erikej.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Build REST API for your database in minutes and with "4 lines of code" using .NET Aspire 9 and a couple of Community Toolkit packages! You can use the API via Swagger right away!
#dotnet #sqlserver #azure #aspire #api
#dotnet #sqlserver #azure #aspire #api
December .NET Data countdown 17: Awesome .NET Data command line tools:
ErikEJ.EFCorePowerTools.Cli - Cross platform command line tool for advanced EF Core reverse engineering of an existing database or SQL Project
#dotnet #efcore
ErikEJ.EFCorePowerTools.Cli - Cross platform command line tool for advanced EF Core reverse engineering of an existing database or SQL Project
#dotnet #efcore
ErikEJ.EFCorePowerTools.Cli 10.1.1055
Entity Framework Core Power Tools command line tool
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December 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Microsoft.Testing.Platform Now Fully Supported in Azure DevOps
Microsoft.Testing.Platform Now Fully Supported in Azure DevOps - .NET Blog
Azure DevOps enhanced support for Microsoft.Testing.Platform, from running tests to publishing results!
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December 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Microsoft.Testing.Platform Now Fully Supported in Azure DevOps
Interact with your SQLite databases directly in SQL Server Management Studio - move schema and data between SQLite and your SQL Server database with "SQLite Toolbox for SSMS"
#sqlite #sqlserver #ssms
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#sqlite #sqlserver #ssms
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SQL Server Compact and SQLite Toolbox for SSMS
SQL Server Compact/SQLite Toolbox add-in for SQL Server Management Studio. This add-in adds several features to help your embedded database development efforts: Scripting of tables and data, import fr
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December 17, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Interact with your SQLite databases directly in SQL Server Management Studio - move schema and data between SQLite and your SQL Server database with "SQLite Toolbox for SSMS"
#sqlite #sqlserver #ssms
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#sqlite #sqlserver #ssms
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December .NET Data countdown 16: Awesome .NET Data command line tools:
sqlstresscmd - Cross platform SQL query stress simulator command line tool
#dotnet #sqlserver
sqlstresscmd - Cross platform SQL query stress simulator command line tool
#dotnet #sqlserver
sqlstresscmd 0.9.21
Package Description
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December 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
December .NET Data countdown 16: Awesome .NET Data command line tools:
sqlstresscmd - Cross platform SQL query stress simulator command line tool
#dotnet #sqlserver
sqlstresscmd - Cross platform SQL query stress simulator command line tool
#dotnet #sqlserver
How to Build iOS Widgets with .NET MAUI
How to Build iOS Widgets with .NET MAUI - .NET Blog
Build professional iOS widgets with .NET MAUI, from static displays to interactive widgets.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
How to Build iOS Widgets with .NET MAUI
December .NET Data countdown 15: Awesome .NET Data command line tools: T-SQL Analyzer CLI - use more than 140 rules to identify, and report the presence of anti-patterns in T-SQL scripts.
ErikEJ.DacFX.TSQLAnalyzer.Cli 1.0.35
T-SQL script analyzer command line tool
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December 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
December .NET Data countdown 15: Awesome .NET Data command line tools: T-SQL Analyzer CLI - use more than 140 rules to identify, and report the presence of anti-patterns in T-SQL scripts.
December .NET Data countdown 14: Awesome .NET Data command line tools - SqlPackage - extract, publish, script your database schema:
Microsoft.SqlPackage 170.2.70
SqlPackage is a command-line utility that automates database development tasks by exposing some of the public Data-Tier Application Framework (DacFx) APIs.
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December 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
December .NET Data countdown 14: Awesome .NET Data command line tools - SqlPackage - extract, publish, script your database schema:
December .NET Data countdown 13:
Improved translation for parameterized collections in EF Core 10
#dotnet #efcore
Improved translation for parameterized collections in EF Core 10
#dotnet #efcore
What's New in EF Core 10
Overview of new features in EF Core 10
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December 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
December .NET Data countdown 12:
Vector search in the SQL Server 2025 EF Core 10 Provider
#dotnet #sqlserver #efcore
Vector search in the SQL Server 2025 EF Core 10 Provider
#dotnet #sqlserver #efcore
Microsoft SQL Server Database Provider - Vector Search - EF Core
Using vectors and embeddings to perform similarity search with the Entity Framework Core Microsoft SQL Server database provider
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December 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
December .NET Data countdown 12:
Vector search in the SQL Server 2025 EF Core 10 Provider
#dotnet #sqlserver #efcore
Vector search in the SQL Server 2025 EF Core 10 Provider
#dotnet #sqlserver #efcore
December .NET Data countdown 11:
Reduce SQL Database Project deployment time from minutes to single digit seconds with DacDeploySkip | ErikEJ's blog
#sqlserver #pipelines #dacfx
Reduce SQL Database Project deployment time from minutes to single digit seconds with DacDeploySkip | ErikEJ's blog
#sqlserver #pipelines #dacfx
Reduce SQL Database Project deployment time from minutes to single digit seconds with DacDeploySkip
Using SQL Database Projects for deployment of schema changes with a .dacpac file to SQL Server and Azure SQL Database is a great, free solution, supported by many tools, like SQL Server Data Tools…
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December 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
December .NET Data countdown 11:
Reduce SQL Database Project deployment time from minutes to single digit seconds with DacDeploySkip | ErikEJ's blog
#sqlserver #pipelines #dacfx
Reduce SQL Database Project deployment time from minutes to single digit seconds with DacDeploySkip | ErikEJ's blog
#sqlserver #pipelines #dacfx
December .NET Data countdown 10:
Introducing 'SQL Project Power Tools' - create, import, diagram and analyze SQL database projects in Visual Studio | ErikEJ's blog
#sqlserver #visualstudio #dotnet
Introducing 'SQL Project Power Tools' - create, import, diagram and analyze SQL database projects in Visual Studio | ErikEJ's blog
#sqlserver #visualstudio #dotnet
Introducing 'SQL Project Power Tools' - create, import, diagram and analyze SQL database projects in Visual Studio
In this blog post I will introduce you to a new free and open source Visual Studio extension SQL Project Power Tools, that I maintain.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
December .NET Data countdown 10:
Introducing 'SQL Project Power Tools' - create, import, diagram and analyze SQL database projects in Visual Studio | ErikEJ's blog
#sqlserver #visualstudio #dotnet
Introducing 'SQL Project Power Tools' - create, import, diagram and analyze SQL database projects in Visual Studio | ErikEJ's blog
#sqlserver #visualstudio #dotnet
.NET and .NET Framework December 2025 servicing releases updates
.NET and .NET Framework December 2025 servicing releases updates - .NET Blog
A recap of the latest servicing updates for .NET and .NET Framework for December 2025.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
.NET and .NET Framework December 2025 servicing releases updates
Implementing Cross-Platform In-App Billing in .NET MAUI Applications
Implementing Cross-Platform In-App Billing in .NET MAUI Applications - .NET Blog
Learn how to implement in-app purchases in your .NET MAUI apps with our new cross-platform billing sample for Android, iOS, Mac Catalyst, and Windows.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Implementing Cross-Platform In-App Billing in .NET MAUI Applications
December .NET Data countdown 9:
Presenting T-SQL Analyzer - live best practices analysis of your SQL scripts in Visual Studio | ErikEJ's blog
#sqlserver #dotnet #visualstudio
Presenting T-SQL Analyzer - live best practices analysis of your SQL scripts in Visual Studio | ErikEJ's blog
#sqlserver #dotnet #visualstudio
Presenting T-SQL Analyzer - live best practices analysis of your SQL scripts in Visual Studio
Analyze your SQL CREATE scripts for best practices relating to design, naming and performance as you author them in Visual Studio.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
December .NET Data countdown 9:
Presenting T-SQL Analyzer - live best practices analysis of your SQL scripts in Visual Studio | ErikEJ's blog
#sqlserver #dotnet #visualstudio
Presenting T-SQL Analyzer - live best practices analysis of your SQL scripts in Visual Studio | ErikEJ's blog
#sqlserver #dotnet #visualstudio
Microsoft Learn MCP Server Elevates Development
Microsoft Learn MCP Server Elevates Development - .NET Blog
Explore how the Learn MCP server enhances the developer experience with Copilot, showcase practical examples, and provide straightforward integration instructions for Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code,...
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December 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Microsoft Learn MCP Server Elevates Development
.NET 10 Networking Improvements
.NET 10 Networking Improvements - .NET Blog
Introducing new networking features in .NET 10 including HTTP space, WebSockets, security and more!
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December 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
.NET 10 Networking Improvements
December .NET Data countdown 8:
Manage your SQL Server database lifecycle with .NET Aspire and the SQL Database Projects hosting extension | ErikEJ's blog
Manage your SQL Server database lifecycle with .NET Aspire and the SQL Database Projects hosting extension | ErikEJ's blog
Manage your SQL Server database lifecycle with .NET Aspire and the SQL Database Projects hosting extension
.NET Aspire provides tools, templates, and packages to help you build observable, production-ready apps. Delivered through NuGet packages, .NET Aspire simplifies common challenges in modern app…
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December 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
December .NET Data countdown 8:
Manage your SQL Server database lifecycle with .NET Aspire and the SQL Database Projects hosting extension | ErikEJ's blog
Manage your SQL Server database lifecycle with .NET Aspire and the SQL Database Projects hosting extension | ErikEJ's blog
"How the Microsoft SQL team is investing in SQL tools and experiences" - tl;dr: no support for SDK style SQL Projects in Visual Studio 2026, but they are coming to SSMS 22 "soon"
#sqlserver #ssms #visualstudio
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#sqlserver #ssms #visualstudio
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How the Microsoft SQL team is investing in SQL tools and experiences - Microsoft SQL Server Blog
Explore Microsoft’s SQL tooling updates, AI integration, and roadmap for SSMS, VS Code, and DevOps innovations. Learn more.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"How the Microsoft SQL team is investing in SQL tools and experiences" - tl;dr: no support for SDK style SQL Projects in Visual Studio 2026, but they are coming to SSMS 22 "soon"
#sqlserver #ssms #visualstudio
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#sqlserver #ssms #visualstudio
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December .NET Data countdown 7:
Turn your .NET CLI tool into a local MCP Server for use with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio and VS Code
Turn your .NET CLI tool into a local MCP Server for use with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio and VS Code
Turn your .NET CLI tool into a local MCP Server for use with GitHub Copilot in VS Code
I am the maintainer of a command line tool - T-SQL Analyzer, that helps you detect bad practices and anti-patterns in your SQL Server CREATE scripts. You can read more about the tool in my recent…
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December 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
December .NET Data countdown 7:
Turn your .NET CLI tool into a local MCP Server for use with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio and VS Code
Turn your .NET CLI tool into a local MCP Server for use with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio and VS Code
December .NET Data countdown 6:
Presenting T-SQL Analyzer CLI - identify anti-patterns in SQL Server scripts with 140+ rules | ErikEJ's blog
Presenting T-SQL Analyzer CLI - identify anti-patterns in SQL Server scripts with 140+ rules | ErikEJ's blog
Presenting T-SQL Analyzer CLI - identify anti-patterns in SQL Server scripts with 140+ rules
T-SQL Analyzer is a free, open-source new command line tool for identifying, and reporting the presence of anti-patterns in SQL Server T-SQL scripts.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
December .NET Data countdown 6:
Presenting T-SQL Analyzer CLI - identify anti-patterns in SQL Server scripts with 140+ rules | ErikEJ's blog
Presenting T-SQL Analyzer CLI - identify anti-patterns in SQL Server scripts with 140+ rules | ErikEJ's blog
December .NET Data countdown 5:
Introducing MSBuild.Sdk.SqlProj 3.0 - create, build, validate, analyze, pack and deploy SQL database projects with .NET 10
Introducing MSBuild.Sdk.SqlProj 3.0 - create, build, validate, analyze, pack and deploy SQL database projects with .NET 10
Introducing MSBuild.Sdk.SqlProj 3.0 - create, build, validate, analyze, pack and deploy SQL database projects with .NET 9
In this blog post I will introduce you to a .NET build SDK, that I help maintain.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
December .NET Data countdown 5:
Introducing MSBuild.Sdk.SqlProj 3.0 - create, build, validate, analyze, pack and deploy SQL database projects with .NET 10
Introducing MSBuild.Sdk.SqlProj 3.0 - create, build, validate, analyze, pack and deploy SQL database projects with .NET 10
.NET Conf 2025 Recap – Celebrating .NET 10, Visual Studio 2026, AI, Community, & More ift.tt/2yqDb9x
.NET Conf 2025 Recap - Celebrating .NET 10, Visual Studio 2026, AI, Community, & More - .NET Blog
.NET Conf 2025 is over, but you can catch up with all the announcements and fun with video recordings, slides, demos, and more.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
.NET Conf 2025 Recap – Celebrating .NET 10, Visual Studio 2026, AI, Community, & More ift.tt/2yqDb9x
December .NET Data countdown 4:
Create a Custom Static Code Analysis Rule for Azure SQL Database / SQL Server with .NET
erikej.github.io/dacfx/dotnet...
Create a Custom Static Code Analysis Rule for Azure SQL Database / SQL Server with .NET
erikej.github.io/dacfx/dotnet...
How to: Code analyze your SQL Server T-SQL scripts in Visual Studio
Maybe you already take advantage of the C# code analyzers built into the .NET SDK, that help you improve code consistency, quality, security and avoid common mistakes and potential bugs.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
December .NET Data countdown 4:
Create a Custom Static Code Analysis Rule for Azure SQL Database / SQL Server with .NET
erikej.github.io/dacfx/dotnet...
Create a Custom Static Code Analysis Rule for Azure SQL Database / SQL Server with .NET
erikej.github.io/dacfx/dotnet...
Introducing Data Ingestion Building Blocks (Preview)
Introducing Data Ingestion Building Blocks (Preview) - .NET Blog
Announcing the preview of open, modular data ingestion building blocks in .NET, empowering developers to build scalable AI pipelines with seamless integration, extensibility, and easy getting started...
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December 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Introducing Data Ingestion Building Blocks (Preview)
December .NET Data countdown 3:
How to: Code analyze your SQL Server T-SQL scripts in Visual Studio | ErikEJ's blog
#sqlserver #dotnet
How to: Code analyze your SQL Server T-SQL scripts in Visual Studio | ErikEJ's blog
#sqlserver #dotnet
How to: Code analyze your SQL Server T-SQL scripts in Visual Studio
Maybe you already take advantage of the C# code analyzers built into the .NET SDK, that help you improve code consistency, quality, security and avoid common mistakes and potential bugs.
buff.ly
December 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
December .NET Data countdown 3:
How to: Code analyze your SQL Server T-SQL scripts in Visual Studio | ErikEJ's blog
#sqlserver #dotnet
How to: Code analyze your SQL Server T-SQL scripts in Visual Studio | ErikEJ's blog
#sqlserver #dotnet