Regardless of what version of Entity Framework (EF) you're using, if you're doing code-first development, you should be looking at Microsoft's Entity Framework Power Tools, even if it is still in beta ...

The latest version of the technology works fine with the Microsoft .NET Framework 4 and Visual Studio 2010. Here's some of what's new (along with how to move your applications to EF6).

The Entity Framework Tools enables users to visually design model and mappings using Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2. This first release supports a subset of the ADO.NET Entity Framework and provides ...

Looking to assist developers in building business applications, Microsoft published a second beta version of ADO.Net Entity Framework this week and a community technology preview of tools to work ...

The introduction of a Code First option in Entity Framework has received quite a bit of praise. While it still has a long way to go before it unseats the reigning ORM, nHibernate, the progress ...

Good news for .NET Core developers: There's a package that gives Entity Framework Core the lazy loading capabilities that your existing applications may be using. Or may not be using -- you might not ...

Microsoft released Entity Framework Beta 3 on Dec. 6 and officially announced the third-party database vendors and ADO.NET 2.0 data providers that have agreed to support the framework.

The Entity Framework Beta 2 and the Entity Designer can both be obtained from the Microsoft Download Center. They require the .NET Framework 3.5, and the designer also requires Visual Studio 2008 ...

A vocal group of ADO.NET Entity Framework testers that has issued a "vote of no-confidence" is illuminating a long-standing conflict between a segment of the .NET development community and Redmond.

As expected, Microsoft today announced the general availability of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4. To celebrate, the company is hosting a launch consisting of more than 150 developer ...