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 ### Requirements
 
 - [.NET Core 2.x](https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/core)
-- [SQL Server 2016 or 2017](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/index)
+- [SQL Server 2016 or 2017](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/index) (2017 for cross-platform)
 
 *These dependencies are free to use.*