Bump Microsoft.Data.SqlClient and NLog

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Updated Microsoft.Data.SqlClient from 6.0.2 to 6.1.0.

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6.1.0

Release Notes

Stable Release 6.1.0 - 2025-07-25

This update brings the following changes since the
6.0.2 stable release:

Added

Added dedicated SQL Server vector datatype support

What Changed:

• Optimized vector communications between MDS and SQL Server 2025, employing a
  custom binary format over the TDS protocol.
  (#​3433,
  #​3443)
• Reduced processing load compared to existing JSON-based vector support.
• Initial support for 32-bit single-precision floating point vectors.

Who Benefits:

• Applications moving large vector data sets will see beneficial improvements
  to processing times and memory requirements.
• Vector-specific APIs are ready to support future numeric representations with
  a consistent look-and-feel.

Impact:

• Reduced transmission and processing times for vector operations versus JSON
  using SQL Server 2025 preview:
  • Reads: 50x improvement
  • Writes: 3.3x improvement
  • Bulk Copy: 19x improvement
  • (Observed with vector column of max 1998 size, and 10,000 records for each
    operation.)
• Improved memory footprint due to the elimination of JSON
  serialization/deserialization and string representation bloat.
• For backwards compatibility with earlier SQL Server Vector implementations,
  applications may continue to use JSON strings to send/receive vector data,
  although they will not see any of the performance improvements noted above.

Revived .NET Standard 2.0 target support

What Changed:

• Support for targeting .NET Standard 2.0 has returned.
  (#​3381)
• Support had previously been removed in the 6.0 release, with the
  community voicing concerns.
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6.1.0-preview2

Preview Release 6.1.0-preview2.25178.5 - 2025-06-27

This update brings the following changes since the 6.1.0-preview1 release:

Added

Added dedicated SQL Server vector datatype support

What Changed:

• Optimized vector communications between MDS and SQL Server 2025, employing a custom binary format over the TDS protocol. (#​3433, #​3443)
• Reduced processing load compared to existing JSON-based vector support.
• Initial support for 32-bit single-precision floating point vectors.

Who Benefits:

• Applications moving large vector data sets will see beneficial improvements to processing times and memory requirements.
• Vector-specific APIs are ready to support future numeric representations with a consistent look-and-feel.

Impact:

• Reduced transmission and processing times for vector operations versus JSON using SQL Server 2025 preview:
  • Reads: 50x improvement
  • Writes: 3.3x improvement
  • Bulk Copy: 19x improvement
  • (Observed with vector column of max 1998 size, and 10,000 records for each operation.)
• Improved memory footprint due to the elimination of JSON serialization/deserialization and string representation bloat.
• For backwards compatibility with earlier SQL Server Vector implementations, applications may continue to use JSON strings to send/receive vector data, although they will not see any of the performance improvements noted above.

Revived .NET Standard 2.0 target support

What Changed:

• Support for targeting .NET Standard 2.0 has returned. (#​3381)
• Support had previously been removed in the 6.0 release, with the [community voicing concerns] (Microsoft.Data.SqlClient 6.0 and .Net Standard dotnet/SqlClient#3115).

Who Benefits:

• Libraries that depend on MDS may seamlessly target any of the following frameworks:
  • .NET Standard 2.0
  • .NET Framework 4.6.2 and above
  • .NET 8.0
  • .NET 9.0
• Applications should continue to target runtimes.
  • The MDS .NET Standard 2.0 target framework support does not include an actual implementation, and cannot be used with a runtime.
  • An application's build/publish process should always pick the appropriate MDS .NET/.NET Framework runtime implementation.
  • Custom build/publish actions that incorrectly try to deploy the MDS .NET Standard 2.0 reference DLL at runtime are not supported.

Impact:

... (truncated)

6.1.0-preview1

This update brings the following changes over the previous release:

Added

• Added packet multiplexing support to improve large data read performance. #​2714 #​3161 #​3202
• Added support for special casing with Fabric endpoints. #​3084

Fixed

• Fixed distributed transactions to be preserved during pooled connection resets. #​3019.
• Fixed application crash when the Data Source parameter begins with a comma. #​3250.
• Resolved synonym count discrepancies in debug mode. #​3098.
• Addressed warnings for down-level SSL/TLS versions. #​3126.

Changed

• Optimized binary size for AOT. #​3091
• Refined bulk copy operations to handle unmatched column names more effectively. #​3205.
• Enhanced SqlBulkCopy to explicitly identify mismatched column names. #​3183.
• Optimized outgoing SSPI blob handling using IBufferWriter<byte>. #​2452.
• Replaced byte[] with string for SNI to improve efficiency. #​2790.
• Code cleanup to remove SQL 2000 support #​2839, #​3206, #​3217,
• Connection pool design refactor for a modular connection pool design #​3199
• Updated various dependencies #​3229, primarily:
  • System.Text.Encodings.Web to v8.0.0
  • System.Text.Json to v8.0.5
  • Azure.Identity to v1.13.2
  • Microsoft.Identity.Model.Json.Web.Tokens to v7.7.1
  • Microsoft.Identity.Model.Protocols.OpenIdConnect to v7.7.1
• Code merge towards a unified SqlClient project, aligning .NET Framework and .NET Core implementations. (#​2957, #​2963, #​2984, #​2982, #​3023, #​3015, #​2967, #​3164, #​3163, #​3171, #​3182, #​3179, #​3156, #​3213, #​3232, #​3236, #​3231, #​3241, #​3246, #​3247, #​3222, #​3255, #​3254, #​3259, #​3264, #​3256, #​3251, #​3275, #​3277, #​3263, #​3292, #​3208).
• Test improvements include updates to test references, removal of hardcoded certificates, improved stability, and better coverage (#​3041, #​3034, #​3130, #​3128, #​3181, #​3060, #​3184, #​3033, #​3186, #​3025, #​3230, #​3237, #​3059, #​3061).

New Contributors

• @​emmanuel-ferdman made their first contribution in Update DockerLinuxTest/Program.cs reference dotnet/SqlClient#3041
• @​MaceWindu made their first contribution in Fix typo in Update 6.0.0-preview1.md dotnet/SqlClient#3134
• @​JNjenga made their first contribution in SqlBulkCopy: Explicitly state column name that mismatches(#3170) dotnet/SqlClient#3183
• @​Midhunnnk made their first contribution in Fix crash when Data Source starts with a comma dotnet/SqlClient#3250

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Updated NLog from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2.

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6.0.2

• #​5930 XmlParser - Handle XML comments after root-end-tag. (@​snakefoot)
• #​5929 XmlLoggingConfiguration - Improve handling of invalid XML. (@​snakefoot)
• #​5933 Handle invalid message template when skipping parameters array. (@​snakefoot)
• #​5915 ReplaceNewLinesLayoutRendererWrapper - Replace more line ending characters. (@​oikku)
• #​5911 NLog.Targets.GZipFile - Improve support for ArchiveAboveSize. (@​snakefoot)
• #​5921 FileTarget - Activate legacy ArchiveFileName when ArchiveSuffixFormat contains legacy placeholder. (@​snakefoot)
• #​5924 AsyncTargetWrapper - Updated FullBatchSizeWriteLimit default value from 5 to 10. (@​snakefoot)
• #​5937 Mark Assembly loading with RequiresUnreferencedCodeAttribute for AOT. (@​snakefoot)
• #​5938 Logger - Align WriteToTargets with WriteToTargetsWithSpan. (@​snakefoot)
• #​5909 ConfigurationItemFactory - Added extension hints for webservice and activityid. (@​snakefoot)
• #​5918 Log4JXmlTarget - Removed alias NLogViewer as conflicts with other nuget-packages. (@​snakefoot)
• #​5926 SplunkTarget - NetworkTarget with SplunkLayout. (@​snakefoot)
• #​5927 GelfLayout - Align with SplunkLayout. (@​snakefoot)
• #​5913 NLog.Targets.Network - Updated nuget-package README.md. (@​snakefoot)
• #​5912 NLog.Targets.Trace - Updated nuget-package README.md. (@​snakefoot)
• #​5919 XML docs for Targets and Layouts with remarks about default value. (@​snakefoot)
• #​5922 XML docs for LayoutRenderers with remarks about default value. (@​snakefoot)
• #​5925 XML docs for Target Wrappers with remarks about default value. (@​snakefoot)
• #​5935 Improve NLog XSD Schema with better handling of typed Layout. (@​snakefoot)
• #​5923 Updated unit-tests from NET6 to NET8. (@​snakefoot)

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