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Lesson Learned #396: Fixing 'Invalid value for key 'authentication' using System.Data.SqlClient

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Jose_Manuel_Jurado
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Jul 09, 2023
Our customer is getting the following error message: Application Error System.ArgumentException: Invalid value for key 'authentication'.    at System.Data.Common.DbConnectionStringBuilderUtil.Convert...
Updated Jul 09, 2023
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senk-msft
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Jun 21, 2024

This the Microsoft.Data.SqlClient library available in Windows OS like System.Data.SqlClient???

If NOT, this article needs to be updated to provide the details how to install that library.