SQL Server Always Encrypted with .NET Core not compatible

Question

I\'m trying to use the Always Encrypted feature of SQL Server 2016 with .NET Core and seems like it can not be used (yet). Trying to import the Microsoft.SqlServer.Ma

Answer 1

It's now supported in .NET Core 3.0 Preview 5, which provides a new SqlClient supporting Always Encrypted and more. See this comment for more info.

For the Key Vault provider, you need to use Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.AlwaysEncrypted.AzureKeyVaultProvider instead.