asp.net existing database
# tested on Visual Studio 2019 # install these packages via View>Other windows>Package Manager Console Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools # then scaffold the dbContext via your connection string Scaffold-DbContext "Server=<serverName>"; Initial Catalog=<database>; User ID=<username>; Password=<password>; Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer -OutputDir Models -Context CoreDbContext - DataAnnotations