@cheenamalhotra the short answer is that we need to be ready before the release of .Net 9

For EF to be able to support JSON for Sql Server, we need to make sure that SqlClient releases with .Net 9, this is because EF aligns their release with .Net releases.
Hence EF next release is with .Net 9 release. For them to release JSON support, they need SqlClient with .Net 9 release.
SqlClient needs SqlDbType with .Net 9 release.

Walk back plan:
@roji informed me that Preview 7 is planned for August 13th.
This means that we should start work before August 13th to be able to build and run SqlClient tests on .Net 9's current builds.
This way we front load any CI work to build with .Net 9 preview builds.

On August 13th, we adopt the Preview 7, with our desired changes, and take a dependency on SqlDbType.Json
This produces Nuget packages of SqlClient targeting .Net 9.

This allows EF to be able to work with SqlClient very soon after Aug 13th release.

Let me know if this clarifies. Also is there anything to be aware of and watch out for, in this activity ?
I am cognizant of potential bugs that may be found due to this activity. But apart from that we will need to work out the internals of our CI.

Update to .Net 9 #2669

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