Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore 2.0.0-preview1-final

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This package has been deprecated as part of the .NET Package Deprecation effort. You can learn more about it from https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/217

This is a prerelease version of Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore.
There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details.
dotnet add package Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore --version 2.0.0-preview1-final
                    
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore -Version 2.0.0-preview1-final
                    
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="2.0.0-preview1-final" />
                    
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="2.0.0-preview1-final" />
                    
Directory.Packages.props
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore" />
                    
Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.
paket add Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore --version 2.0.0-preview1-final
                    
#r "nuget: Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore, 2.0.0-preview1-final"
                    
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
#:package Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore@2.0.0-preview1-final
                    
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.
#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore&version=2.0.0-preview1-final&prerelease
                    
Install as a Cake Addin
#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore&version=2.0.0-preview1-final&prerelease
                    
Install as a Cake Tool

ASP.NET Core Identity provider that uses Entity Framework Core.

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1.0.5 7,143 11/14/2017 1.0.5 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.0.4 9,783 9/20/2017 1.0.4 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.0.3 9,030 5/9/2017 1.0.3 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.0.2 226,645 3/6/2017 1.0.2 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.0.1 30,108 12/12/2016 1.0.1 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.0.0 396,712 6/27/2016 1.0.0 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.0.0-rc2-final 37,143 5/16/2016 1.0.0-rc2-final is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.