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A Comprehensive Guide to Port from EF6 to EF Core

A Comprehensive Guide to Port from EF6 to EF Core

Jeremy Likness January 3, 2022 Jan 3, 2022 01/3/22

Get detailed guidance for porting your EF6 apps to EF Core.

Announcing the Plan for EF7

Announcing the Plan for EF7

Jeremy Likness December 15, 2021 Dec 15, 2021 12/15/21

See what the .NET data team has on the roadmap for Entity Framework Core 7.

Get to Know EF Core 6

Get to Know EF Core 6

Jeremy Likness November 29, 2021 Nov 29, 2021 11/29/21

Learn how to download and work with EF Core 6 and new features from improved support for Azure Cosmos DB to increased performance and first-class APIs to SQL Server temporal tables.

Prime your flux capacitor: SQL Server temporal tables in EF Core 6.0

Prime your flux capacitor: SQL Server temporal tables in EF Core 6.0

Jeremy Likness October 11, 2021 Oct 11, 2021 10/11/21

EF Core 6.0 supports SQL Server temporal tables to automatically keep track of all the data ever stored in a table, even after that data has been updated or deleted.

Introducing DevOps-friendly EF Core Migration Bundles

Introducing DevOps-friendly EF Core Migration Bundles

Jeremy Likness August 16, 2021 Aug 16, 2021 08/16/21

EF Core's new migration bundles generate binary artifacts that you can use to deploy schema and data changes as part of your continuous delivery process.

Announcing Entity Framework Core 6.0 Preview 5: Compiled Models

Announcing Entity Framework Core 6.0 Preview 5: Compiled Models

Jeremy Likness June 17, 2021 Jun 17, 2021 06/17/21

Learn about blazing fast compiled models and other enhancements to EF Core 6.0 preview 5.

Announcing Entity Framework Core 6.0 Preview 4: Performance Edition

Announcing Entity Framework Core 6.0 Preview 4: Performance Edition

Shay Rojansky May 25, 2021 May 25, 2021 05/25/21

Learn about some serious optimizations that have gone into Entity Framework Core 6.0, and how much faster it now performs.

Announcing Entity Framework Core 6.0 Preview 2

Announcing Entity Framework Core 6.0 Preview 2

Jeremy Likness March 11, 2021 Mar 11, 2021 03/11/21

Announcing the release of EF Core 6.0 Preview 2, the second preview of the new Entity Framework Core.

Announcing Entity Framework Core 6.0 Preview 1

Announcing Entity Framework Core 6.0 Preview 1

Jeremy Likness February 17, 2021 Feb 17, 2021 02/17/21

Announcing the release of EF Core 6.0 Preview 1, the first preview of the new Entity Framework Core.

The Plan for Entity Framework Core 6.0

The Plan for Entity Framework Core 6.0

Jeremy Likness January 18, 2021 Jan 18, 2021 01/18/21

This blog post details the roadmap for Entity Framework Core 6.0.