How can you create multi-tenant applications using Entity Framework?
Experience Level: Junior
Tags: Entity Framework
Answer
- table-based multitenancy (discriminator column)
- schema-based multitenancy
- database-based multitenancy
- server-based multitenancy
Techniques:
- Using interceptors or filters to filter by a discriminator column
- Replacing a schema by tenant using an interceptor
- Switching a database by tenant using an interceptor
- Switching a connection by tenant using a dependency injection (DbContextOptions)
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