diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
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+FROM mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/dotnet:1-8.0-bookworm
+
+# Install SQL Tools: SQLPackage and sqlcmd
+COPY mssql/installSQLtools.sh installSQLtools.sh
+RUN bash ./installSQLtools.sh \
+     && apt-get clean -y && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/library-scripts
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment this section to install additional OS packages.
+# RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+#     && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends <your-package-list-here>
+
+# [Optional] Uncomment this line to install global node packages.
+RUN su vscode -c "source /usr/local/share/nvm/nvm.sh && nvm install 21 && nvm use 21 && npm install -g typescript" 2>&1
+# RUN su vscode -c "source /usr/local/share/nvm/nvm.sh && npm install -g <your-package-here>" 2>&1
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
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+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the
+// README at: https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/dotnet-mssql
+{
+	"name": ".NET (C#), Node.js (TypeScript) & MS SQL",
+	"dockerComposeFile": "docker-compose.yml",
+	"service": "app",
+	"workspaceFolder": "/workspaces/${localWorkspaceFolderBasename}",
+
+	// Features to add to the dev container. More info: https://containers.dev/features.
+	// "features": {},
+
+	// Configure tool-specific properties.
+	"customizations": {
+		// Configure properties specific to VS Code.
+		"vscode": {
+			// Set *default* container specific settings.json values on container create.
+			"settings": {
+				"mssql.connections": [
+					{
+						"server": "localhost,1433",
+						"database": "",
+						"authenticationType": "SqlLogin",
+						"user": "sa",
+						"password": "P@ssw0rd",
+						"emptyPasswordInput": false,
+						"savePassword": false,
+						"profileName": "mssql-container"
+					}
+				]
+			},
+
+			// Add the IDs of extensions you want installed when the container is created.
+			"extensions": [
+				"ms-dotnettools.csharp",
+				"ms-mssql.mssql",
+				"ms-vscode.js-debug-nightly"
+			]
+		}
+	},
+
+	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
+	// "forwardPorts": [5000, 5001],
+	// "portsAttributes": {
+	//		"5001": {
+	//			"protocol": "https"
+	//		}
+	// }
+
+	// postCreateCommand.sh parameters: $1=SA password, $2=dacpac path, $3=sql script(s) path
+	"postCreateCommand": "bash .devcontainer/mssql/postCreateCommand.sh 'P@ssw0rd' './bin/Debug/' './.devcontainer/mssql/'",
+	"features": {
+		"ghcr.io/itsmechlark/features/1password:1": {
+			"version": "latest"
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Uncomment to connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/dev-containers-non-root.
+	// "remoteUser": "root"
+}
diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
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+version: '3'
+
+services:
+  app:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+
+    volumes:
+      - ../..:/workspaces:cached
+
+    # Overrides default command so things don't shut down after the process ends.
+    command: sleep infinity
+
+    # Runs app on the same network as the database container, allows "forwardPorts" in devcontainer.json function.
+    network_mode: service:db
+
+    # Uncomment to connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/dev-containers-non-root.
+    # user: root
+
+    # Use "forwardPorts" in **devcontainer.json** to forward an app port locally.
+    # (Adding the "ports" property to this file will not forward from a Codespace.)
+
+  db:
+    image: mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2019-latest
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    environment:
+      SA_PASSWORD: P@ssw0rd
+      ACCEPT_EULA: Y
+
+    # Add "forwardPorts": ["db:1433"] to **devcontainer.json** to forward MSSQL locally.
+    # (Adding the "ports" property to this file will not forward from a Codespace.)
diff --git a/.devcontainer/mssql/installSQLtools.sh b/.devcontainer/mssql/installSQLtools.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+echo "Installing mssql-tools"
+curl -sSL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | (OUT=$(apt-key add - 2>&1) || echo $OUT)
+DISTRO=$(lsb_release -is | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+CODENAME=$(lsb_release -cs)
+echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/microsoft-${DISTRO}-${CODENAME}-prod ${CODENAME} main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft.list
+apt-get update
+ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt-get -y install unixodbc-dev msodbcsql17 libunwind8 mssql-tools
+
+echo "Installing sqlpackage"
+curl -sSL -o sqlpackage.zip "https://aka.ms/sqlpackage-linux"
+mkdir /opt/sqlpackage
+unzip sqlpackage.zip -d /opt/sqlpackage
+rm sqlpackage.zip
+chmod a+x /opt/sqlpackage/sqlpackage
diff --git a/.devcontainer/mssql/postCreateCommand.sh b/.devcontainer/mssql/postCreateCommand.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+dacpac="false"
+sqlfiles="false"
+SApassword=$1
+dacpath=$2
+sqlpath=$3
+
+echo "SELECT * FROM SYS.DATABASES" | dd of=testsqlconnection.sql
+for i in {1..60};
+do
+    /opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -S localhost -U sa -P $SApassword -d master -i testsqlconnection.sql > /dev/null
+    if [ $? -eq 0 ]
+    then
+        echo "SQL server ready"
+        break
+    else
+        echo "Not ready yet..."
+        sleep 1
+    fi
+done
+rm testsqlconnection.sql
+
+for f in $dacpath/*
+do
+    if [ $f == $dacpath/*".dacpac" ]
+    then
+        dacpac="true"
+        echo "Found dacpac $f"
+    fi
+done
+
+for f in $sqlpath/*
+do
+    if [ $f == $sqlpath/*".sql" ]
+    then
+        sqlfiles="true"
+        echo "Found SQL file $f"
+    fi
+done
+
+if [ $sqlfiles == "true" ]
+then
+    for f in $sqlpath/*
+    do
+        if [ $f == $sqlpath/*".sql" ]
+        then
+            echo "Executing $f"
+            /opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -S localhost -U sa -P $SApassword -d master -i $f
+        fi
+    done
+fi
+
+if [ $dacpac == "true" ]
+then
+    for f in $dacpath/*
+    do
+        if [ $f == $dacpath/*".dacpac" ]
+        then
+            dbname=$(basename $f ".dacpac")
+            echo "Deploying dacpac $f"
+            /opt/sqlpackage/sqlpackage /Action:Publish /SourceFile:$f /TargetServerName:localhost /TargetDatabaseName:$dbname /TargetUser:sa /TargetPassword:$SApassword
+        fi
+    done
+fi
diff --git a/.devcontainer/mssql/setup.sql b/.devcontainer/mssql/setup.sql
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+CREATE DATABASE ApplicationDB;
+GO
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
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+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for more information:
+# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+# https://containers.dev/guide/dependabot
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+ - package-ecosystem: "devcontainers"
+   directory: "/"
+   schedule:
+     interval: weekly