EF Core 10 Migrations on Startup: How to Auto-Update SQL 2025 Databases in ASP.NET Core
🚀 Automating Database Migrations During Application Startup in ASP.NET Core (.NET 10) with SQL Server
In this video, you’ll learn how to automatically apply database migrations when your application starts using Entity Framework Core. This is a powerful technique to keep your database schema in sync with your code without manual intervention.
Whether you're building Web APIs, microservices, or full-stack applications, this approach can significantly improve your development workflow and CI/CD automation.
🔥 What you’ll learn:
1. What are EF Core migrations?
2. Why automatic migrations are important
3. How to run Database.Migrate() on startup
4. Step-by-step implementation in ASP.NET Core (.NET 8/9/10)
5. Best practices for production environments
6. When NOT to use auto migrations
7. CI/CD friendly migration strategies
💡 Use Cases:
1. Microservices architecture
2. Docker & containerized applications
3. Continuous deployment pipelines
4. Fast developer onboarding
⚠️ Important Note:
Automatic migrations are great for development and small applications, but in production, you should use controlled migration strategies to avoid conflicts and downtime.
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