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Release Candidate builds of Entity Framework Core 3.0 and Entity Framework 6.3 are now available

Diego Vega September 16, 2019 Sep 16, 2019 09/16/19

We previously said that preview 9 would be your last chance to test EF Core 3.0 and EF 6.3 before general availability. But it turns out that we made enough improvements to our libraries and across the whole of .NET Core 3.0 to justify publishing a release candidate build. Hence the packages for EF Core 3.0 RC1 and EF 6.3 RC1 were uploaded to ...

Announcing Entity Framework Core 3.0 Preview 9 and Entity Framework 6.3 Preview 9

Diego Vega September 4, 2019 Sep 4, 2019 09/4/19

Preview 9 your last chance to try Entity Framework Core 3.0 and Entity Framework 6.3 before we release the final versions later this month. Get a head start on everything that is new and please give us your feedback.

Announcing Entity Framework Core 3.0 Preview 8 and Entity Framework 6.3 Preview 8

Diego Vega August 13, 2019 Aug 13, 2019 08/13/19

The Preview 8 versions of the EF Core 3.0 package and the EF 6.3 package are now available for download from nuget.org. New previews of .NET Core 3.0 and ASP.NET Core 3.0 are also available today. Please install these previews to validate that all the functionality required by your applications is available and works correctly...

Announcing Entity Framework Core 3.0 Preview 7 and Entity Framework 6.3 Preview 7

Diego Vega July 23, 2019 Jul 23, 2019 07/23/19

Today, we are making new previews of EF Core 3.0 and EF 6.3 available on nuget.org. .NET Core 3.0 Preview 7 and ASP.NET Core 3.0 Preview 7 were also made available today. We encourage you to install these previews to try the new features, and to validate that all the functionality required by your applications is available and ...

Announcing Entity Framework Core 3.0 Preview 6 and Entity Framework 6.3 Preview 6

Diego Vega June 13, 2019 Jun 13, 2019 06/13/19

New previews of the next versions of EF Core and EF 6 are now available on NuGet.Org. What is new in EF Core 3.0 Preview 6 In recent months, a lot of our efforts have been focused on a new LINQ implementation for EF Core 3.0. Although the work isn't complete and a lot of the intended functionality hasn't been enabled, before preview 6 we ...

Announcing Entity Framework 6.3 Preview with .NET Core Support

Diego Vega May 8, 2019 May 8, 2019 05/8/19

The first preview of the EF 6.3 runtime is now available in NuGet. Note that the package is versioned as 6.3.0-preview5. We plan to continue releasing previews of EF 6.3 every month in alignment with the .NET Core 3.0 previews, until we ship the final version. What is new in EF 6.3? While Entity Framework Core was built from the ground ...

Announcing Entity Framework Core 3.0 Preview 4

Diego Vega April 18, 2019 Apr 18, 2019 04/18/19

Today, we are making the fourth preview of Entity Framework Core 3.0 available on NuGet, alongside .NET Core 3.0 Preview 4 and ASP.NET Core 3.0 Preview 4. We encourage you to install this preview to test the new functionality and assess the impact of the included breaking changes. What’s new in EF Core 3.0 Preview 4? This preview includes...

Announcing Entity Framework Core 2.2

Diego Vega December 4, 2018 Dec 4, 2018 12/4/18

Today we're making the final version of EF Core 2.2 available, alongside ASP.NET Core 2.2 and .NET Core 2.2. This is the latest release of our open-source and cross-platform object-database mapping technology. EF Core 2.2 RTM includes more than a hundred bug fixes and a few new features: Spatial data support Spatial data can be used to ...

Announcing Entity Framework Core 2.2 Preview 3

Diego Vega October 17, 2018 Oct 17, 2018 10/17/18

Entity Framework Core 2.2 Preview 3 available with a new preview of our data provider for Cosmos DB and updated spatial extensions for various providers. Preview 3 is going to be the last milestone before EF Core 2.2 RTM, so now is your last chance to try the bits and give us feedback if you want to have an impact on the quality and the shape of the APIs in this release.

Announcing Entity Framework Core 2.2 Preview 2 and the preview of the Cosmos DB provider and spatial extensions for EF Core

Diego Vega September 12, 2018 Sep 12, 2018 09/12/18

Today we are making EF Core 2.2 Preview 2 available, together with a preview of our data provider for Cosmos DB and new spatial extensions for our SQL Server and in-memory providers. Obtaining the preview The preview bits are available on NuGet, and also as part of ASP.NET Core 2.2 Preview 2 and the .NET Core SDK 2.2 Preview 2, also ...

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