Use custom-built .NET Framework 4.0 classes to connect an ASP.NET Web application to a SQL Server 2012 database.

ASP.NET sees the session cookie and loads the session (or doesn't, and starts a new one). This is why people recommend serving static, unauthenticated resources like images from a separate domain.

A free download, the Web Application Configuration Analyzer scans IIS servers, hosted applications, and SQL Server instances for common security issues and misconfigurations.

If I had a SQL Server instance running on a machine in the network, the ASP.NET app in the container could use it—I'd just need to specify the server name in the connection string. Or I can run SQL ...

Take advantage of parameter binding in ASP.NET Core 7 to convert request data to strongly typed parameters, improving both application performance and code maintainability.