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CODE_OF_CONDUCT

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+# Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct
+
+This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/).
+
+Resources:
+
+- [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/)
+- [Microsoft Code of Conduct FAQ](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/faq/)
+- Contact [opencode@microsoft.com](mailto:opencode@microsoft.com) with questions or concerns

LICENSE

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-BSD 3-Clause License
+MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2019, ES Solutions AB
-All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 
-* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
-  list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 
-* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
-  this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
-  and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-
-* Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its
-  contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
-  this software without specific prior written permission.
-
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-AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
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-FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE

README.rst

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-django-mssql-backend
-====================
+# Project
 
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/django-mssql-backend.svg
    :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-mssql-backend
 
+Welcome to the MSSQL-Django 3rd party backend project!
+
 *django-mssql-backend* is a fork of
-`django-pyodbc-azure <https://pypi.org/project/django-pyodbc-azure/>`__
+`django-pyodbc-azure <https://pypi.org/project/django-pyodbc-azure/>`
+
+This project provides an enterprise database connectivity option for the Django Web Framework, with support for Microsoft SQL Server and Azure SQL Database.
+
+We hope you enjoy using the MSSQL-Django 3rd party backend.
 
-Features
---------
+## Features
 
 -  Supports Django 2.2, 3.0
 -  Supports Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2008R2, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
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    `SQL Server Native Client <https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms131321(v=sql.120).aspx>`__,
    and `FreeTDS <http://www.freetds.org/>`__ ODBC drivers
 
-Dependencies
-------------
+## Dependencies
 
 -  Django 2.2 or newer
 -  pyodbc 3.0 or newer
 
-Installation
-------------
+## Installation
 
 1. Install pyodbc and Django
 
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     'ENGINE': 'sql_server.pyodbc'
 
-Regex Support
--------------
+## Regex Support
 
 django-mssql-backend supports regex using a CLR .dll file. To install it, run ::
 
     python manage.py install_regex_clr {database_name}
 
-Configuration
--------------
+## Configuration
 
-Standard Django settings
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+### Standard Django settings
 
 The following entries in a database-level settings dictionary
 in DATABASES control the behavior of the backend:
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    mirror during testing. Default value is ``None``.
    See the official Django documentation for more details.
 
-OPTIONS
-~~~~~~~
+### OPTIONS
 
 Dictionary. Current available keys are:
 
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    Integer. Sets the timeout in seconds for the database query.
    Default value is ``0`` which disables the timeout.
 
-backend-specific settings
+### Backend-specific settings
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 The following project-level settings also control the behavior of the backend:
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    Boolean. If it is set to ``False``, pyodbc's connection pooling feature
    won't be activated.
 
-Example
-~~~~~~~
+### Example
 
 Here is an example of the database settings:
 
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     # set this to False if you want to turn off pyodbc's connection pooling
     DATABASE_CONNECTION_POOLING = False
 
-Limitations
------------
+## Limitations
 
 The following features are currently not supported:
 
 - Altering a model field from or to AutoField at migration
+
+## Contributing
+
+This project welcomes contributions and suggestions.  Most contributions require you to agree to a
+Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us
+the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit https://cla.opensource.microsoft.com.
+
+When you submit a pull request, a CLA bot will automatically determine whether you need to provide
+a CLA and decorate the PR appropriately (e.g., status check, comment). Simply follow the instructions
+provided by the bot. You will only need to do this once across all repos using our CLA.
+
+This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/).
+For more information see the [Code of Conduct FAQ](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/faq/) or
+contact [opencode@microsoft.com](mailto:opencode@microsoft.com) with any additional questions or comments.
+
+## Trademarks
+
+This project may contain trademarks or logos for projects, products, or services. Authorized use of Microsoft 
+trademarks or logos is subject to and must follow 
+[Microsoft's Trademark & Brand Guidelines](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/trademarks/usage/general).
+Use of Microsoft trademarks or logos in modified versions of this project must not cause confusion or imply Microsoft sponsorship.
+Any use of third-party trademarks or logos are subject to those third-party's policies.

SECURITY.md

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+<!-- BEGIN MICROSOFT SECURITY.MD V0.0.5 BLOCK -->
+
+## Security
+
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+
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+
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+
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+## Preferred Languages
+
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+## Policy
+
+Microsoft follows the principle of [Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/cvd).
+
+<!-- END MICROSOFT SECURITY.MD BLOCK -->

SUPPORT.md

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+# Support
+
+## How to file issues and get help  
+
+This project uses GitHub Issues to track bugs and feature requests. Please search the existing 
+issues before filing new issues to avoid duplicates.  For new issues, file your bug or 
+feature request as a new Issue.
+
+For help and questions about using this project, please utilize the Django Developers form at https://groups.google.com/g/django-developers.  Please search for an existing discussion on your topic before adding a new conversation.  For new conversations, include "MSSQL" in a descriptive subject.
+
+## Microsoft Support Policy  
+
+Support for this project is limited to the resources listed above.