if you use SqlConnection, use the provider name "System.Data.SqlClient", but if you want to use another provider
SqlConnection
<add key="StagingConnect"
value="Integrated Security=True;Initial Catalog=SampleDatabase;Data Source=."/>
OleDbConnection
<add key="StagingConnect2"
value="Provider=SQLNCLI11;Server=.;Database=SampleDatabase;
Trusted_Connection=yes;"/>
Odbcconnection
<add key="StagingConnect3"
value="Driver={SQL Server Native Client 11.0};Server=.;
Database=SampleDatabase;Trusted_Connection=yes;"/>
I tested everything and worked great. Hope this helps
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