azure-postgresql-entity-framework-integration.md

title	description	ms.date	uid
.NET Aspire Azure PostgreSQL Entity Framework Core integration	Learn how to integrate Azure PostgreSQL with .NET Aspire applications, using both hosting and Entity Framework Core client integrations.	01/21/2025	dotnet/aspire/azure-postgresql-entity-framework-integration

.NET Aspire Azure PostgreSQL Entity Framework Core integration

[!INCLUDE includes-hosting-and-client]

Azure Database for PostgreSQL—Flexible Server is a relational database service based on the open-source Postgres database engine. It's a fully managed database-as-a-service that can handle mission-critical workloads with predictable performance, security, high availability, and dynamic scalability. The .NET Aspire Azure PostgreSQL integration provides a way to connect to existing Azure PostgreSQL databases, or create new instances from .NET with the docker.io/library/postgres container image.

Hosting integration

[!INCLUDE postgresql-flexible-server]

Client integration

[!INCLUDE postgresql-ef-client]

[!INCLUDE azure-postgresql-ef-client]

See also

• PostgreSQL docs
• Azure Database for PostgreSQL
• .NET Aspire PostgreSQL Entity Framework Core integration
• .NET Aspire integrations
• .NET Aspire GitHub repo