dotnet · paulmedynski · May 14, 2026 · May 14, 2026 · May 14, 2026 · May 14, 2026
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run manual build steps
       if: matrix.build-mode == 'manual'
       shell: bash
-      run: dotnet build src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.slnx
+      run: dotnet build build.proj -t:BuildAll
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
       uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="Current" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <!-- Imports ========================================================= -->
   <Import Project="src/Directory.Build.props" />
 
@@ -329,11 +329,14 @@
   <!-- Top Level/Miscellaneous Targets -->
 
   <!--
-    Build: Builds all packages
+    Build: Builds all driver projects.  This is the default target.
     Note: These have been ordered in a vague attempt to minimize multiple rebuilds of dependencies.
   -->
   <Target Name="Build" DependsOnTargets="BuildLogging;BuildAbstractions;BuildSqlClient;BuildAzure;BuildAkvProvider;BuildSqlServer" />
 
+  <!-- Build all projects in the repo, for all supported OS and TargetFramework combinations.-->
+  <Target Name="BuildAll" DependsOnTargets="Build;BuildTests;BuildSamples;BuildTools" />
+
   <!-- Clean: Convenience target to remove build/test output -->
   <Target Name="Clean">
     <!-- Remove known build output paths -->
@@ -346,16 +349,18 @@
   </Target>
 
   <!--
-    Pack: Packages all packages
+    Pack: Packages all driver projects.
     Note: These have been ordered in a vague attempt to minimize multiple rebuilds of dependencies.
   -->
   <Target Name="Pack" DependsOnTargets="PackLogging;PackAbstractions;PackSqlClient;PackAzure;PackAkvProvider;PackSqlServer" />
 
   <!--
-    Test: Run all test targets for all packages.
-    Note: This will run for a *very* long time and it is not recommended, even in automated test
-      environments. Please consider running project specific test targets or specific test sets
-      within the project.
+    Test: Run all test targets for all driver projects.
+
+    Note: This requires local and remote SQL Server setups with corresponding JSON configuration
+    files. It will run for a *very* long time and it is not recommended, even in automated test
+    environments. Please consider running project specific test targets or specific test sets within
+    the project.
   -->
   <Target Name="Test" DependsOnTargets="TestAbstractions;TestAzure;TestSqlClient" />
 
@@ -618,7 +623,7 @@
      <DotnetCommand>$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Replace($(DotnetCommand), "\s+", " "))</DotnetCommand>
    </PropertyGroup>
    <Message Text=">>> Running manual tests for SqlClient via command: $(DotnetCommand)" />
    <Exec ConsoleToMsBuild="true" Command="$(DotnetCommand)" />
  </Target>

  <!-- TestSqlClientUnit: Runs unit tests for SqlClient -->
@@ -646,7 +651,7 @@
      <DotnetCommand>$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Replace($(DotnetCommand), "\s+", " "))</DotnetCommand>
    </PropertyGroup>
    <Message Text=">>> Running unit tests for SqlClient via command: $(DotnetCommand)" />
    <Exec ConsoleToMsBuild="true" Command="$(DotnetCommand)" />
  </Target>

  <!-- ================================================================= -->
@@ -985,4 +990,118 @@
     <Message Text=">>> Packaging Microsoft.SqlServer.Server via command: $(DotnetCommand)" />
     <Exec ConsoleToMsBuild="true" Command="$(DotnetCommand)" />
   </Target>
+
+  <!-- ================================================================= -->
+  <!-- Ancillary Targets -->
+
+  <!-- Set up the list of supported OSes. -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_OsList>Windows_NT;Unix</_OsList>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <_OsValues Include="$(_OsList)" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <!-- Supply a common set of arguments to dotnet build. -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <_DotnetArguments>
+      -p:Configuration=$(Configuration)
+
+      <!-- Versioning arguments -->
+      $(BuildNumberArgument)
+      $(BuildSuffixArgument)
+
+      <!-- Reference Type Arguments -->
+      $(ReferenceTypeArgument)
+      $(PackageVersionAbstractionsArgument)
+      $(PackageVersionAkvProviderArgument)
+      $(PackageVersionAzureArgument)
+      $(PackageVersionLoggingArgument)
+      $(PackageVersionSqlClientArgument)
+      $(PackageVersionSqlServerArgument)
+    </_DotnetArguments>
+    <!-- Convert more than one whitespace character into one space -->
+    <_DotnetArguments>$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Replace($(_DotnetArguments), "\s+", " "))</_DotnetArguments>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!--
+    Define all of the ancillary project file paths.
+
+    These aren't all of the possible projects - only the top-level ones that, in turn, will
+    transitively build all ancillary projects.
+    -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+      <AbstractionsTestsProjectPath>$(RepoRoot)src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Extensions/Abstractions/test/Abstractions.Test.csproj</AbstractionsTestsProjectPath>
+      <UnitTestsProjectPath>$(RepoRoot)src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/UnitTests/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.UnitTests.csproj</UnitTestsProjectPath>
+      <FunctionalTestsProjectPath>$(RepoRoot)src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/FunctionalTests/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.FunctionalTests.csproj</FunctionalTestsProjectPath>
+      <ManualTestsProjectPath>$(RepoRoot)src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/ManualTests/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.ManualTests.csproj</ManualTestsProjectPath>
+      <PerformanceTestsProjectPath>$(RepoRoot)src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/PerformanceTests/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.PerformanceTests.csproj</PerformanceTestsProjectPath>
+      <StressTestsProjectPath>$(RepoRoot)src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient/tests/StressTests/SqlClient.Stress.Runner/SqlClient.Stress.Runner.csproj</StressTestsProjectPath>
+      <AzureTestsProjectPath>$(RepoRoot)src/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Extensions/Azure/test/Azure.Test.csproj</AzureTestsProjectPath>
+
+      <SamplesProjectPath>$(RepoRoot)doc/samples/Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Samples.csproj</SamplesProjectPath>
+
+      <GenApiProjectPath>$(RepoRoot)tools/GenAPI/Microsoft.DotNet.GenAPI/Microsoft.DotNet.GenAPI.csproj</GenApiProjectPath>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!-- Build all test projects. -->
+  <Target Name="BuildTests">
+
+    <!-- SqlServer has no tests to build. -->
+
+    <!-- Logging has no tests to build. -->
+
+    <!-- Build Abstractions tests, which don't have conditional TFMs. -->
+    <Message Text=">>> Building Abstractions.Tests with arguments: $(_DotnetArguments)"/>
+    <Exec ConsoleToMsBuild="true"
+          Command="&quot;$(DotnetPath)dotnet&quot; build &quot;$(AbstractionsTestsProjectPath)&quot; $(_DotnetArguments)" />
+
+    <!-- Build SqlClient UnitTests (project references only, no ReferenceType). -->
+    <Message Text=">>> Building SqlClient UnitTests for %(_OsValues.Identity)"/>
+    <Exec ConsoleToMsBuild="true"
+          Command="&quot;$(DotnetPath)dotnet&quot; build &quot;$(UnitTestsProjectPath)&quot; -p:Configuration=$(Configuration) -p:OS=%(_OsValues.Identity)" />
+
+    <!-- Build SqlClient FunctionalTests. -->
+    <Message Text=">>> Building SqlClient FunctionalTests for %(_OsValues.Identity) with arguments: $(_DotnetArguments)"/>
+    <Exec ConsoleToMsBuild="true"
+          Command="&quot;$(DotnetPath)dotnet&quot; build &quot;$(FunctionalTestsProjectPath)&quot; $(_DotnetArguments) -p:OS=%(_OsValues.Identity)" />
+
+    <!-- Build SqlClient ManualTests. -->
+    <Message Text=">>> Building SqlClient ManualTests for %(_OsValues.Identity) with arguments: $(_DotnetArguments)"/>
+    <Exec ConsoleToMsBuild="true"
+          Command="&quot;$(DotnetPath)dotnet&quot; build &quot;$(ManualTestsProjectPath)&quot; $(_DotnetArguments) -p:OS=%(_OsValues.Identity)" />
+
+    <!-- Build SqlClient PerformanceTests. -->
+    <Message Text=">>> Building SqlClient PerformanceTests for %(_OsValues.Identity) with arguments: $(_DotnetArguments)"/>
+    <Exec ConsoleToMsBuild="true"
+          Command="&quot;$(DotnetPath)dotnet&quot; build &quot;$(PerformanceTestsProjectPath)&quot; $(_DotnetArguments) -p:OS=%(_OsValues.Identity)" />
+
+    <!-- Build SqlClient StressTests. -->
+    <Message Text=">>> Building SqlClient StressTests for %(_OsValues.Identity) with arguments: $(_DotnetArguments)"/>
+    <Exec ConsoleToMsBuild="true"
+          Command="&quot;$(DotnetPath)dotnet&quot; build &quot;$(StressTestsProjectPath)&quot; $(_DotnetArguments) -p:OS=%(_OsValues.Identity)" />
+
+    <!-- Build Azure tests. -->
+    <Message Text=">>> Building Azure.Tests for %(_OsValues.Identity) with arguments: $(_DotnetArguments)"/>
+    <Exec ConsoleToMsBuild="true"
+          Command="&quot;$(DotnetPath)dotnet&quot; build &quot;$(AzureTestsProjectPath)&quot; $(_DotnetArguments) -p:OS=%(_OsValues.Identity)" />
+
+    <!-- AKV Provider has no tests to build. -->
+
+  </Target>
+
+  <!-- Build all sample projects. -->
+  <Target Name="BuildSamples">
+    <Message Text=">>> Building Samples with arguments: $(_DotnetArguments)"/>
+    <Exec ConsoleToMsBuild="true"
+          Command="&quot;$(DotnetPath)dotnet&quot; build &quot;$(SamplesProjectPath)&quot; $(_DotnetArguments)" />
+  </Target>
+
+  <!-- Build all tools projects. -->
+  <Target Name="BuildTools">
+    <Message Text=">>> Building GenAPI with arguments: $(_DotnetArguments)"/>
+    <Exec ConsoleToMsBuild="true"
+          Command="&quot;$(DotnetPath)dotnet&quot; build &quot;$(GenApiProjectPath)&quot; $(_DotnetArguments)" />
+  </Target>
+
 </Project>
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="Current" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!--
       "ReferenceType" property supports below options:
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@
   <!-- Versioning ====================================================== -->
   <!--
     Versions for packages are assigned in the project's Versions.props file. Below, we provide
-    defaults for components of versions that are shared across all projects
+    defaults for components of versions that are shared across all projects.
+
+    Directory.Build.props evaluates before Directory.Packages.props, so defining these here
+    ensures FileVersionBuildNumber is set before any Versions.props runs (including those
+    imported by Directory.Packages.props in Package mode).
   -->
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!--

@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
           Condition="'$(IsCrossTargetingBuild)' != 'true' AND '$(GenerateDocumentationFile)' == 'true'">
 
     <PropertyGroup>
-      <PowerShellCommand Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">powershell.exe</PowerShellCommand>
-      <PowerShellCommand Condition="'$(OS)' != 'Windows_NT'">pwsh</PowerShellCommand>
+      <PowerShellCommand Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('Windows'))">powershell.exe</PowerShellCommand>
+      <PowerShellCommand Condition="!$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('Windows'))">pwsh</PowerShellCommand>
       <PowerShellCommand>
         $(PowerShellCommand)
           -NonInteractive

@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System;
 using System.Collections;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-
-#nullable enable
 
 namespace Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Tests.Common
 {

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 // Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.using System;
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Azure.Core;
 using Azure.Security.KeyVault.Keys;
 

@@ -2,13 +2,10 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
 using System.Text;
-using System.Threading;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Tests.Common.Fixtures;
 
@@ -110,7 +107,7 @@ protected X509Certificate2 CreateCertificate(string subjectName, IEnumerable<str
                     ephemeral.Export(X509ContentType.Pkcs12, password),
                     password,
                     keyStorageFlags,
-                    new Pkcs12LoaderLimits(Pkcs12LoaderLimits.Defaults) 
+                    new Pkcs12LoaderLimits(Pkcs12LoaderLimits.Defaults)
                     {
                         PreserveStorageProvider = true,
                         PreserveKeyName = true
@@ -211,7 +208,7 @@ exit 1
             for (int attempt = 1; attempt <= retries; ++attempt)
             {
                 using Process psProcess = new() { StartInfo = startInfo };
-            
+
                 psProcess.Start();
                 commandOutput = psProcess.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
 
@@ -227,15 +224,15 @@ exit 1
                 {
                     return new X509Certificate2(Convert.FromBase64String(commandOutput), password, X509KeyStorageFlags.Exportable);
                 }
-                
+
                 Console.WriteLine(
                     $"PowerShell command failed with exit code {code} on " +
                     $"attempt {attempt} of {retries}; " +
                     $"retrying in {delay} seconds...");
-                
+
                 Thread.Sleep(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(delay));
             }
-                
+
             throw new Exception(
                 "PowerShell command raised exception: " +
                 $"{commandOutput}; command was: {formattedCommand}");

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System;
 using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
 using System.Security.Principal;
 

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System;
 using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Tests.Common.Fixtures;

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
 

@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System;
 using System.Text;
-using System.Threading;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Tests.Common.Fixtures.DatabaseObjects;
 
@@ -170,7 +168,7 @@ public static string GenerateLongName(string prefix, bool escape = true)
     ///
     /// The GUID parts will be the characters from the 1st and 4th blocks
     /// from a traditional string representation, as shown here:
-    /// 
+    ///
     /// <code>
     ///   7ff01cb8-88c7-11f0-b433-00155d7e531e
     ///   ^^^^^^^^           ^^^^

@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 // The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
 // See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
 
-using System;
 using System.Reflection;
-using System.Threading;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.Tests.Common;
 

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <AssemblyName>Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.TestCommon</AssemblyName>
     <RootNamespace>Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.TestCommon</RootNamespace>
+
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
 
     <!--

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<RuleSet Name="Microsoft Managed Recommended Rules" Description="These rules focus on the most critical problems in your code, including potential security holes, application crashes, and other important logic and design errors. It is recommended to include this rule set in any custom rule set you create for your projects." ToolsVersion="Latest">
+<RuleSet Name="Microsoft Managed Recommended Rules" Description="These rules focus on the most critical problems in your code, including potential security holes, application crashes, and other important logic and design errors. It is recommended to include this rule set in any custom rule set you create for your projects.">
   <Localization ResourceAssembly="Microsoft.VisualStudio.CodeAnalysis.RuleSets.Strings.dll" ResourceBaseName="Microsoft.VisualStudio.CodeAnalysis.RuleSets.Strings.Localized">
     <Name Resource="MinimumRecommendedRules_Name" />
     <Description Resource="MinimumRecommendedRules_Description" />
@@ -71,4 +71,4 @@
   <Rules AnalyzerId="xunit.analyzers" RuleNamespace="xunit.analyzers">
     <Rule Id="xUnit1024" Action="Info" />
   </Rules>
-</RuleSet>
+</RuleSet>
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="Current" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>Microsoft.Data.SqlClient</Description>
     <Authors>Microsoft</Authors>

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="Current" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <MicrosoftVSDesigner>"Microsoft.VSDesigner, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"</MicrosoftVSDesigner>
     <SystemDrawing>"System.Drawing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"</SystemDrawing>

@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ file to you under the MIT license. -->
                     $(_TranslateUrlPattern), $(_TranslateUrlReplacement)))</ScmRepositoryUrl>
             </SourceRoot>
         </ItemGroup>
-        <Message Text="Final Translated ScmRepositoryUrl to $(ScmRepositoryUrl)" Importance="high" />    
+        <Message Text="Final Translated ScmRepositoryUrl to $(ScmRepositoryUrl)" />
     </Target>
 </Project>