Release Notes

March 17, 2026 · View on GitHub

Stable Release 1.0.0 - 2026-03-17

This is the first stable release of Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Extensions.Azure, providing Microsoft Entra ID (Azure Active Directory) authentication support for Microsoft.Data.SqlClient. This package was extracted from the core driver to address the most requested feature — making the core package lighter by removing Azure dependencies.

Changes Since 1.0.0-preview1

Changed

  • Renamed dependency from Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Extensions.Logging to Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Internal.Logging. (#4038)

  • Updated Dependencies (#4045):

    • Updated Azure.Core to v1.51.1
    • Updated Azure.Identity to v1.18.0
    • Updated Microsoft.Identity.Client to v4.83.0

Cumulative Changes (First Stable Release)

This is the first stable release of this package. The following summarizes all changes across the preview cycle.

Added

  • Entra ID authentication provider (ActiveDirectoryAuthenticationProvider) supporting:
    • ActiveDirectoryInteractive
    • ActiveDirectoryDefault
    • ActiveDirectoryManagedIdentity
    • ActiveDirectoryServicePrincipal
    • ActiveDirectoryDeviceCodeFlow
    • ActiveDirectoryWorkloadIdentity
    • ActiveDirectoryPassword (deprecated) (#3680, #3902, #3904, #3908, #3917, #3982, #3978, #3986)

Target Platform Support

  • .NET Standard 2.0
  • .NET Framework 4.6.2+

Dependencies

.NET Standard 2.0

  • Azure.Core 1.51.1
  • Azure.Identity 1.18.0
  • Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Extensions.Abstractions 1.0.0
  • Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Internal.Logging 1.0.0
  • Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory 8.0.1
  • Microsoft.Identity.Client 4.83.0

.NET Framework 4.6.2+

  • Azure.Core 1.51.1
  • Azure.Identity 1.18.0
  • Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Extensions.Abstractions 1.0.0
  • Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Internal.Logging 1.0.0
  • Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory 8.0.1
  • Microsoft.Identity.Client 4.83.0