Use Microsoft Entra ID to connect without storing a SQL password in your application. Choose a sign-in method for the host where the application runs, provision that identity in the target database, ...

Microsoft.Data.SqlClient provides database connectivity to SQL Server for .NET applications. - dotnet/SqlClient ...

This article describes TLS 1.2 support for Microsoft SQL Server. It lists the SQL Server builds that enable TLS 1.2 server-side, the client drivers and providers that support TLS 1.2, the .NET ...