Microsoft.Data.SqlClient updated to 4.0.1

The Microsoft.Data.SqlClient package has been updated to 4.0.1.

Version introduced

ASP.NET Core 7.0

Previous behavior

The previous version of the package was 1.0.19249.1.

New behavior

The new version of the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient package is 4.0.1. You can see breaking changes in the 4.0 band in the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 4.0.0 Release Notes.

By default, Encrypt now equals true. For more information, see Encrypt default value set to true.

Type of breaking change

This change affects source compatibility.

Reason for change

For improvements in the underlying libraries.

Recommended action

The ASP.NET Core team didn't have to react to any public API changes from this change. However, it's possible that there are breaking changes in the packages themselves that you'll need to react to.

Affected APIs

• xref:Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.SqlServer?displayProperty=fullName