diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
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+version: 5.1.0.{build}
+image: Visual Studio 2017
+environment:
+  matrix:
+  - DB: SqlServer2008
+    CONNECTION_STRING: Server=(local)\SQL2017;User ID=sa;Password=Password12!;initial catalog=nhibernate;
+  - DB: PostgreSQL
+    CONNECTION_STRING: Host=localhost;Port=5432;Username=postgres;Password=Password12!;Database=nhibernate;Enlist=true;
+  - DB: Firebird
+  - DB: MySQL
+    CONNECTION_STRING: Server=127.0.0.1;Uid=root;Pwd=Password12!;Database=nhibernate;Old Guids=True;
+init:
+    # Required for having windows endlines in sources zip
+    - git config --global core.autocrlf true
+matrix:
+  allow_failures:
+  - DB: MySQL
+build: off
+before_test:
+- ps: |-
+    switch ($env:DB) {
+      'Firebird' {
+        $FireBirdPath = 'C:\firebird'
+        # Install Firebird
+        New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force $FireBirdPath > $null
+        Push-Location $FireBirdPath
+        Invoke-WebRequest 'https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/firebird/releases/download/R3_0_3/Firebird-3.0.3.32900-0_x64.zip' -OutFile firebird.zip
+        Unblock-File firebird.zip
+        7z x firebird.zip
+        New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force Data
+        # Declare nhibernate db
+        Add-Content -Path '.\databases.conf' -Value "`r`nnhibernate = $FireBirdPath\Data\nhibernate.fdb"
+        # Minimal db settings
+        Add-Content -Path '.\firebird.conf' -Value "`r`nAuthServer = Srp`r`nAuthClient = Srp`r`nUserManager = Srp`r`nWireCrypt = Enabled"
+        # Create SYSDBA account
+        New-Item SYSDBA.sql -Type File
+        Add-Content -Path '.\SYSDBA.sql' -Value "CREATE USER SYSDBA PASSWORD 'masterkey';`r`nCOMMIT;`r`nQUIT;"
+        .\isql -user sysdba employee -input SYSDBA.sql
+        # Start Firebird
+        .\firebird.exe -a
+        Pop-Location
+      }
+      'MySQL' {
+        Start-Service 'MySQL57'
+        # Create nhibernate database (not handled by NHibernate.TestDatabaseSetup.dll)
+        $env:MYSQL_PWD = 'Password12!'
+        & 'C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.7\bin\mysql' -e 'CREATE DATABASE nhibernate;' --user=root
+      }
+      'Odbc' { Start-Service 'MSSQL$SQL2017' }
+      'PostgreSQL' {
+        # Enable prepared transactions
+        Add-Content -Path 'C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\10\data\postgresql.conf' -Value "`r`nmax_prepared_transactions = 100"
+        Start-Service 'postgresql-x64-10'
+      }
+      'SqlServer2008' { Start-Service 'MSSQL$SQL2017' }
+      'SqlServer2012' { Start-Service 'MSSQL$SQL2017' }
+    }
+test_script:
+- cmd: powershell -noprofile -command "& ./build.ps1 -TaskList Set-Configuration,Test -properties @{\"Database\" = \"%DB%\";\"ConnectionString\"=\"%CONNECTION_STRING%\"}"
+deploy: off
+on_finish:
+- ps: |-
+    $wc = New-Object 'System.Net.WebClient'
+    Get-Item '*-TestResult.xml' | ForEach-Object { 
+        $wc.UploadFile("https://ci.appveyor.com/api/testresults/nunit3/$($env:APPVEYOR_JOB_ID)", $_)
+    }
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diff --git a/build.ps1 b/build.ps1
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+param (
+    $TaskList = 'Default',
+    [hashtable]$Properties = @{}
+)
+
+Install-Module psake -Force -Scope CurrentUser
+Import-Module psake
+Invoke-psake -buildFile .\psake.ps1 -nologo -taskList $TaskList -properties $Properties
+exit ( [int] ( -not $psake.build_success ) )
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diff --git a/psake.ps1 b/psake.ps1
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+properties {
+    $Database = "SqlServer2012";
+    $ConnectionString = $null;
+}
+
+Task Default -depends Build, Test
+
+Task Set-Configuration {
+    $configDir = (Join-Path '.' 'current-test-configuration')
+    #Configuration matrix
+    $allSettings = @{
+        'Firebird' = @{
+            'connection.connection_string' = 'DataSource=localhost;Database=nhibernate;User ID=SYSDBA;Password=masterkey;MaxPoolSize=200;';
+            'connection.driver_class' = 'NHibernate.Driver.FirebirdClientDriver';
+            'dialect' = 'NHibernate.Dialect.FirebirdDialect'
+        };
+        'MySQL' = @{
+            'connection.connection_string' = 'Server=127.0.0.1;Uid=root;Pwd=Password12!;Database=nhibernate;Old Guids=True;';
+            'connection.driver_class' = 'NHibernate.Driver.MySqlDataDriver';
+            'dialect' = 'NHibernate.Dialect.MySQL5Dialect'
+        };
+        'Odbc' = @{
+            # The OdbcDriver inherits SupportsMultipleOpenReaders=true from DriverBase, which requires Mars_Connection=yes for SQL Server.
+            'connection.connection_string' = 'Server=(local)\SQL2017;Uid=sa;Pwd=Password12!;Database=nhibernateOdbc;Driver={SQL Server Native Client 11.0};Mars_Connection=yes;';
+            'connection.driver_class' = 'NHibernate.Driver.OdbcDriver';
+            'odbc.explicit_datetime_scale' = '3';
+            <# We need to use a dialect that avoids mapping DbType.Time to TIME on MSSQL. On modern SQL Server
+                this becomes TIME(7). Later, such values cannot be read back over ODBC. The
+                error we get is "System.ArgumentException : Unknown SQL type - SS_TIME_EX.". I don't know for certain
+                why this occurs, but MS docs do say that for a client "compiled using a version of SQL Server Native
+                Client prior to SQL Server 2008", TIME(7) cannot be converted back to the client. Assuming that .Net's
+                OdbcDriver would be considered a "client compiled with a previous version", it would make sense. Anyway,
+                using the MsSql2005Dialect avoids these test failures. #>
+            'dialect' = 'NHibernate.Dialect.MsSql2005Dialect'
+        };
+        'PostgreSQL' = @{
+            'connection.connection_string' = 'Host=localhost;Port=5432;Username=postgres;Password=Password12!;Database=nhibernate;Enlist=true';
+            'connection.driver_class' = 'NHibernate.Driver.NpgsqlDriver';
+            'dialect' = 'NHibernate.Dialect.PostgreSQL83Dialect'
+        };
+        'SQLite' = @{
+            <#
+                DateTimeFormatString allows to prevent storing the fact that written date was having kind UTC,
+                which dodges the undesirable time conversion to local done on reads by System.Data.SQLite.
+                See https://system.data.sqlite.org/index.html/tktview/44a0955ea344a777ffdbcc077831e1adc8b77a36
+                and https://github.com/nhibernate/nhibernate-core/issues/1362 #>
+            # Please note the connection string is formated for putting the db file in $configDir.
+            'connection.connection_string' = "Data Source=$configDir/NHibernate.db;DateTimeFormatString=yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.FFFFFFF;";
+            'connection.driver_class' = 'NHibernate.Driver.SQLite20Driver';
+            'dialect' = 'NHibernate.Dialect.SQLiteDialect'
+        };
+        'SqlServerCe' = @{
+            # Please note the connection string is formated for putting the db file in $configDir.
+            'connection.connection_string' = "Data Source=$configDir/NHibernate.sdf;";
+            'connection.driver_class' = 'NHibernate.Driver.SqlServerCeDriver';
+            'command_timeout' = '0';
+            'dialect' = 'NHibernate.Dialect.MsSqlCe40Dialect'
+        };
+        'SqlServer2008' = @{
+            'connection.connection_string' = 'Server=(local)\SQL2017;User ID=sa;Password=Password12!;initial catalog=nhibernate;'
+        };
+        'SqlServer2012' = @{
+            'connection.connection_string' = 'Server=(local)\SQL2017;User ID=sa;Password=Password12!;initial catalog=nhibernate;';
+            'dialect' = 'NHibernate.Dialect.MsSql2012Dialect'
+        }
+    }
+    #Settings for current build
+    $settings = $allSettings[$Database]
+
+    if (!$settings) {
+        Write-Warning "Unable to find $Database settings"
+        exit 1
+    }
+    if (-not [String]::IsNullOrWhitespace($ConnectionString)) {
+        $settings['connection.connection_string'] = $ConnectionString
+    }
+    #Create settings file
+    $configFile = (Join-Path $configDir 'hibernate.cfg.xml')
+    New-Item $configDir -Type Directory
+    Copy-Item "$([IO.Path]::Combine('.', 'build-common', 'teamcity-hibernate.cfg.xml'))" $configFile
+    #Patch settings file
+    $config = [Xml] (Get-Content $configFile)
+    $allProps = $config.'hibernate-configuration'.'session-factory'.property
+    foreach($key in $settings.keys)
+    {
+        $value = $settings[$key]
+        $property = $allProps | Where-Object { $_.name -eq $key }
+        if (!$property) {
+            Write-Warning "Unable to find $key property"
+            exit 1
+        }
+        $property.InnerText = $value
+    }
+    $config.Save($configFile)
+}
+
+Task Build {
+    Exec { 
+        dotnet `
+            build ./src/NHibernate.sln `
+            -f netcoreapp2.0 `
+            -c Release
+    }
+}
+
+Task Test -depends Build {
+    @(
+        'NHibernate.TestDatabaseSetup',
+        'NHibernate.Test',
+        'NHibernate.Test.VisualBasic'
+    ) | ForEach-Object { 
+        $assembly = [IO.Path]::Combine("src", $_, "bin", "Release", "netcoreapp2.0", "$_.dll")
+        Exec {
+            dotnet $assembly --labels=before --nocolor "--result=$_-TestResult.xml"
+        }
+    }
+}
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