diff --git a/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.DbMigrator/appsettings.json b/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.DbMigrator/appsettings.json
index 17ce15c462..aa0ef599ab 100644
--- a/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.DbMigrator/appsettings.json
+++ b/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.DbMigrator/appsettings.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "ConnectionStrings": {
-    "Default": "Server=(LocalDb)\\MSSQLLocalDB;Database=MyProjectName;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true"
+    "Default": "Server=localhost;Database=MyProjectName_Free;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true"
   },
   "IdentityServer": {
     "Clients": {
diff --git a/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.Host/appsettings.json b/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.Host/appsettings.json
index 3ffc7c4c18..a4db4e3cd0 100644
--- a/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.Host/appsettings.json
+++ b/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.Host/appsettings.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "CorsOrigins": "https://*.MyProjectName.com,http://localhost:4200"
   },
   "ConnectionStrings": {
-    "Default": "Server=(LocalDb)\\MSSQLLocalDB;Database=MyProjectName;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true"
+    "Default": "Server=localhost;Database=MyProjectName_Free;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true"
   },
   "Redis": {
     "Configuration": "127.0.0.1"
diff --git a/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.HostWithIds/appsettings.json b/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.HostWithIds/appsettings.json
index 2ac6a310cc..e9df1afecb 100644
--- a/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.HostWithIds/appsettings.json
+++ b/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.HttpApi.HostWithIds/appsettings.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "CorsOrigins": "https://*.MyProjectName.com,http://localhost:4200"
   },
   "ConnectionStrings": {
-    "Default": "Server=(LocalDb)\\MSSQLLocalDB;Database=MyProjectName;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true"
+    "Default": "Server=localhost;Database=MyProjectName_Free;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true"
   },
   "AuthServer": {
     "Authority": "https://localhost:44305"
diff --git a/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.IdentityServer/appsettings.json b/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.IdentityServer/appsettings.json
index 390efeb07d..78e7776496 100644
--- a/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.IdentityServer/appsettings.json
+++ b/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.IdentityServer/appsettings.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "CorsOrigins": "https://*.MyProjectName.com,http://localhost:4200"
   },
   "ConnectionStrings": {
-    "Default": "Server=(LocalDb)\\MSSQLLocalDB;Database=MyProjectName;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true"
+    "Default": "Server=localhost;Database=MyProjectName_Free;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true"
   },
   "Redis": {
     "Configuration": "127.0.0.1"
diff --git a/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.Web/appsettings.json b/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.Web/appsettings.json
index 99a24b4a2d..8ed6f5171b 100644
--- a/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.Web/appsettings.json
+++ b/templates/app/aspnet-core/src/MyCompanyName.MyProjectName.Web/appsettings.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "SelfUrl": "https://localhost:44303"
   },
   "ConnectionStrings": {
-    "Default": "Server=(LocalDb)\\MSSQLLocalDB;Database=MyProjectName;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true"
+    "Default": "Server=localhost;Database=MyProjectName_Free;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true"
   },
   "AuthServer": {
     "Authority": "https://localhost:44301"