Column encryption in ASP MVC app with SQL Server 2016 using .net Core / EF Core

Question

I am trying to use the \"Always Encrypted\" feature in SQL Server 2016 to encrypt some columns. I used this post as a guide to set the columns as encrypted in SSDT.

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Answer 1

As mentioned by MS folks - Always Encrypted is currently not supported on .Net Core.

• We had the same situation, finally we had to make the Core WebApp to target .NET Full Framework, there is no other option.

• i.e., Currently not compatible with netcoreapp1.1 (.NETCoreApp,Version=v1.1) Compatible with net452 (.NETFramework,Version=v4.5.2)

• From forums - "Eventhough EF Core could work for AE feature, but still the underlying .NET Core SQL Client currently does not support for AE, and it will be in their (MS + Opensource ontributors) future mile stone to support it"

Please refer this GitHub page for any recent updates on this issue: