Microsoft announced a new data access driver for SQL Server that should be the path forward for data developers in the era of .NET Core.

Microsoft is readying SQL Server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and is making .NET Core 1.0 and ASP.NET Core 1.0 generally available today, as promised.

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