Released: Dec 12, 2024

Updates in 24.2

Features

Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 and .NET 8 Support

• With this release, the minimal supported framework and IDE versions are the following:
  • .NET 4.6.2 and Visual Studio 2019.
  • .NET 8 and Visual Studio 2022.

.NET 9 Support

• BI Dashboard is fully compatible with the .NET 9.

Data Sources

• SQL Data Source - Microsoft Azure SQL Support with Microsoft Entra Authentication.
• Added support for Microsoft Entra (formerly Azure Active Directory) authentication in SqlDataSource for Microsoft Azure SQL databases. This update allows you to seamlessly connect to Azure SQL databases using modern and secure authentication methods.

SQL Data Source - Connection Provider Enhancements

• SqlDataSource now supports the most recent versions of the following database engines:
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2022 (Microsoft.Data.SqlClient v5.2.2).
  • Oracle 23ai (Oracle.ManagedDataAccess.Core v23.6.0).
  • MySQL (MySql.Data v9.0.0 and MySqlConnector v2.3.7).
  • PostgreSQL 17 (Npgsql.dll 8.0.4).
  • Firebird 5.0 (FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient v10.3.1).
  • JsonDataSource — The Use of The System.Text.Json NuGet Package.
  • BI Dashboard will now utilize functionality from the System.Text.Json assembly/NuGet package by default.