Using Microsoft's ADO.NET Entity Framework, developers can create an entity relationship model of the database (ie SQL Server) inside Visual Studio 2008.

Support for Asynchronous Programming in ADO.Net and Entity Framework Microsoft .Net Framework 4.5 comes up with better support for asynchronous database operations.

Leverage ADO.Net's ability to work in disconnected mode to enable your application to stay disconnected to the database, conserve the system resources, and reduce the network traffic Microsoft’s ...