You can use SQL to create, modify, search, and display database information.

You create a data source name (DSN) to save database setup information, so you can open a connection to the SQL Server database without re-entering the server information.

Untangle SQL Server connection strings Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools.

Take advantage of connection resiliency in EF Core to detect errors and retry commands and enable your ASP.NET Core application to overcome transient faults.