EF Core database model first - take it to the next level with Power Tools CLI

Introducing the "EF Core Power Tools CLI," an open-source .NET 8 global tool designed to streamline your workflow. This powerful tool allows you to effortlessly generate a DbContext and entity classes from your existing database, offering a plethora of customization options.

In this demo-packed session you will see how easy it is to get started with EF Core with and existing database in a matter of seconds, and we will dive into some of the many options you can tweak.

T4 goodness with Entity Framework Core 7

In EF Core 7 you can now use T4 (text template transformation templates) to customize the Database First workflow. In this session you will get an overview of this new feature and see some simple customizations.

Look ma, no passwords - using Azure SQL with App Service and Azure Active Directory

Storing secrets (like passwords) is always complicated and risky. With Azure App Service, Managed Identity, Azure SQL Database and ARM templates, you can now use "AAD authentication only" when you deploy your databases. In this session we will perform a live deployment of the resources above and see it all in action.

Entity Framework Core and EF Core Power Tools for absolute beginners

If you are new to .NET and databases, this session will demonstrate how you can get up to speed with data access in .NET in a few minutes using EF Core and EF Core Power Tools

This is a brief session, 20-30 minutes - can also be cut down to 10 minutes