We recently posted about our plans to rationalize how we name, distribute and talk about releases. We heard a resounding ‘Yes’ from you so then we posted about our plans for releasing EF 4.2. We then shipped EF 4.2 Beta 1. Third party EF...

This post will provide an introduction to Code First development and how it can be used with the DbContext API surface. Code First allows you to define your model using C# or VB.Net classes, optionally additional configuration can be performed using attributes...

This post will provide an introduction to Model First and Database First development with the DbContext API, using the Entity Data Model Designer in Visual Studio. You will need to have Visual Studio 2010 or Visual Studio 11 installed to complete this...

This preview is no longer current. Code First Migrations is included in Entity Framework starting with Entity Framework 4.3 . A couple of weeks ago we released Alpha 2 of Code First Migrations. Today we are happy to make Alpha 3 available to you. The...

This preview is no longer current. Code First Migrations is included in Entity Framework starting with Entity Framework 4.3 . We have released the third preview of our migrations story for Code First development; Code First Migrations Alpha 3 . This release...

This preview is no longer current. Code First Migrations is included in Entity Framework starting with Entity Framework 4.3 . We have released the third preview of our migrations story for Code First development; Code First Migrations Alpha 3 . This release...

The commercial release of Microsoft SQL Server, codename “Denali,” will be the last release to support OLE DB. Support details for the release version of SQL Server “Denali” will be made available within 90 days of release to manufacturing...

Entity Framework Code First is a development methodology available beginning with the Entity Framework 4.1. When using Code First development you usually begin by writing C# or Visual Basic .NET classes that define your conceptual (domain) model. Your...

Greetings to the Developer community: Thank you very much for an overwhelming response on our survey. Feedback is continue to pour. We are extending the deadline to complete the survey to September 16 th , 2011 to allow everyone to provide input. Your...

This preview is no longer current. Code First Migrations is included in Entity Framework starting with Entity Framework 4.3 . Six weeks back we released the first preview of Code First Migrations. This preview was called ‘Code First Migrations August...

This preview is no longer current. Code First Migrations is included in Entity Framework starting with Entity Framework 4.3 . We have released the second preview of our migrations story for Code First development; Code First Migrations Alpha 2 . This...