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Copilot Integration, Last call: Speaker application for Orchard Harvest 2026 - This week in Orchard (01/05/2026)

This week, Mike Alhayek shows how to use Copilot directly inside Orchard Core!

But before that, check out some code where you can see that, starting now, Orchard supports static data migration methods, and suppressions are no longer required for migration steps that don't use instance state.

Welcome the first contribution from Jack Liu, who made the pagination of the List Part configurable to decide whether to show a full pager with page numbers or just the arrows to navigate to the previous and next pages.

Do you know that since 2013, we've been working with Óbuda University in a hands-on way to teach web development? If you are interested in our Orchard Core courses at the university, check out our post on our site!

As we mentioned, we started publishing last year's Harvest recordings to YouTube. Check them out for some inspiration, and don't forget to apply to be a speaker for this year's Harvest by the 5th of May, midnight, anywhere on Earth!

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How to install SQL Server 2016 (and SSMS 2016)

As an update to our earlier how-to for setting up a developer environment with IIS and SQL Server 2014 for Orchard, here's a step-by-step guide for setting up SQL Server 2016 and SQL Server Management Studio 2016 on your machine. If you're upgrading from SQL Server 2005, we have good news for you: SQL Server 2016 is faster. Prerequisites Make sure that your msvcr120.dll file is the appropriate version, as described in the official documentation. SQL Server 2016 Go to the Technet Evaluation Center, sign in with a Microsoft ID and download the installer. Installation Select "Custom" as the installation type on the splash screen. New SQL Server stand-alone installation or add features to an existing installation (opens a new window) Product key Specify a free edition: Developer Feature Selection Instance Features -> Database Engine Services -> check (you probably won't need anything else) Instance Configuration Default instance -> select Instance ID: MSSQLSERVER (this will mean that the instance can be accessed with the shortest host name possible: ".", ".\" or "localhost", but also by your machine name; you may have to change this or remove a previous installation if this name is taken) Database Engine Configuration Server Configuration Authentication Mode -> Windows authentication mode Specify SQL Server administrators -> Add Current User Data Directories: change, if necessary SQL Server Management Studio 2016 Go the MSDN download page of the product to get the installer. What else to do Head back to the original article and follow the installation guide from step 9.