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Proper practice of using ConfigureAwait in server-side C# code

Hello everyone! I'm a beginner C# developer and recently encountered a problem while writing asynchronous code in ASP.NET Web API. I've read about the ConfigureAwait(false) method, but I don't fully understand when and why to use it in server applications. I have a controller that makes several asynchronous calls to a database and an external API. Here's an example of my code: ```csharp public async Task GetUserData(int userId) { var user = await _userService.GetUserAsync(userId); var orders = await _orderService.GetOrdersAsync(userId); var externalData = await _externalApi.GetDataAsync(); return Ok(new { user, orders, externalData }); } ``` I've heard that in server code you should use `ConfigureAwait(false)` after each `await`, but some