Entity Framework

EF Core 8 Preview 2: Lite and familiar

March 14, 2023 Mar 14, 2023 03/14/23

Announcing Entity Framework Core 8 (EF8) Preview 2 with support for JSON columns in SQLite and HierarchyId in SQL Server/Azure SQL

EF Core 8 Preview 1: Raw, lazy, and on-time

February 21, 2023 Feb 21, 2023 02/21/23

Arthur Vickers

Announcing Entity Framework Core 8 (EF8)Preview 1 with raw SQL queries, lazy-loading, DateOnly/TimeOnly and more!

Announcing Entity Framework 7 Preview 5

June 14, 2022 Jun 14, 2022 06/14/22

Jeremy Likness

Announcing EF7 Preview 5 with completed support for Table-per-Concrete Type (TPC).

Announcing Entity Framework Core 7 (EF7) Preview 3

April 13, 2022 Apr 13, 2022 04/13/22

Jeremy Likness

Announcing the release of EF7 Preview 3 and custom database-first scaffolding with T4 templates.

Announcing Entity Framework 7 Preview 1

February 17, 2022 Feb 17, 2022 02/17/22

Jeremy Likness

Announcing the release of EF7 Preview 1, the first preview of the new Entity Framework Core.

A Comprehensive Guide to Port from EF6 to EF Core

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

Jeremy Likness

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

Announcing the Plan for EF7

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

Jeremy Likness

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

Get to Know EF Core 6

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

Jeremy Likness

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

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

Jeremy Likness

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

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

Jeremy Likness

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.

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