Release Notes

March 5, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

Preview Release 7.0.0-preview1.26064.3 - 2026-03-05

This is the first shipped preview of the AzureKeyVaultProvider 7.0 series. Although changes were made to the AKV provider during the 7.0.0-preview1, preview2, and preview3 development milestones, separate AKV packages were not published for those previews. All accumulated changes are included here.

Changed

  • Performance improvements for all built-in SqlColumnEncryptionKeyStoreProvider implementations, including SqlColumnEncryptionAzureKeyVaultProvider. (#3554)

  • Updated Dependencies (#3638):

    • Updated Azure.Core to v1.49.0
    • Updated Azure.Security.KeyVault.Keys to v4.8.0
    • Updated Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory to v9.0.9 (.NET 9.0)

  • Added dependency on Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Extensions.Logging to align with the new extensions infrastructure introduced in Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 7.0.0-preview4.26064.3. (#3626, #3628, #3967)

Target Platform Support

  • .NET Framework 4.6.2+ (Windows ARM64, Windows x86, Windows x64)
  • .NET 8.0+ (Windows x86, Windows x64, Windows ARM64, Windows ARM, Linux, macOS)

Dependencies

.NET Framework

  • Azure.Core 1.49.0
  • Azure.Security.KeyVault.Keys 4.8.0
  • Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 7.0.0-preview4.26064.3
  • Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Extensions.Logging 1.0.0-preview1.26064.3
  • Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory 8.0.1

.NET 8.0

  • Azure.Core 1.49.0
  • Azure.Security.KeyVault.Keys 4.8.0
  • Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 7.0.0-preview4.26064.3
  • Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Extensions.Logging 1.0.0-preview1.26064.3
  • Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory 8.0.1

.NET 9.0

  • Azure.Core 1.49.0
  • Azure.Security.KeyVault.Keys 4.8.0
  • Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 7.0.0-preview4.26064.3
  • Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Extensions.Logging 1.0.0-preview1.26064.3
  • Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory 9.0.9