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2015 7

  1. EF7 RC1 & EF Moving to the .NET Blog
  2. EF7 Beta 8 Available
  3. EF7 Beta 6 Available
  4. Entity Framework and Visual Studio 2015 RTM
  5. Entity Framework and Visual Studio 2015 RC
  6. EF6.1.3 RTM Available
  7. EF6.1.3 Beta 1 Available

2014 18

  1. EF6.1.2 RTM Available
  2. EF7 - Priorities, Focus, and Initial Release
  3. EF6.1.2 Beta 2 Available
  4. Visual Studio 2015 Preview and Entity Framework
  5. EF7 – v1 or v7?
  6. EF7 - What Does “Code First Only” Really Mean
  7. EF6.1.2 Beta 1 Available
  8. Visual Studio “14” CTP 3 and Entity Framework
  9. VS2013 Update 3 and Entity Framework
  10. Visual Studio “14” CTP 2 and Entity Framework
  11. EF 6.1.1 RTM Available
  12. Visual Studio 14 CTP and Entity Framework
  13. EF 6.1.1 Beta 1 Available
  14. EF7 - New Platforms, New Data Stores
  15. EF6.1.0 RTM Available
  16. Migrations Screencast Series
  17. Preview of Dynamic Data Provider and EntityDataSource Control for EF6
  18. EF 6.1.0 Beta 1 Available

2013 18

  1. EF 6.1 Alpha 1 Available
  2. EF6.0.2 RTM Available
  3. Microsoft.SqlServer.Types NuGet Package (Spatial on Azure)
  4. EF6.0.2 Beta 1 Available on NuGet
  5. EF6.0.2 Nightly Builds Available
  6. EF Tools Open Source
  7. EF6 Performance Issues
  8. EF6 RTM Available
  9. EF Power Tools Beta 4 Available
  10. Entity Framework Links #5
  11. EF6 Release Candidate Available
  12. EF and Visual Studio 2013 Preview
  13. EF6 Beta 1 Available
  14. Entity Framework Links #4
  15. SQL Database Connectivity and the Idempotency Issue
  16. EF6 Alpha 3 Available on NuGet
  17. EF Power Tools Beta 3 Available
  18. Entity Framework Links #3

2012 26

  1. EF6 Alpha 2 Available on NuGet
  2. EF Fixes in Visual Studio 2012 Update 1
  3. Entity Framework Links #2
  4. EF6 Alpha 1 Available on NuGet
  5. Entity Framework Links #1
  6. EF Nightly Builds Available
  7. EF5 Released
  8. Entity Framework and Open Source
  9. Using SqlDataReader’s new async methods in .Net 4.5, Part 2: Examples
  10. EF5 Release Candidate Available on NuGet
  11. EF5 Sample Provider Published
  12. Using SqlDataReader’s new async methods in .Net 4.5
  13. EF Power Tools Beta 2 Available
  14. EF5 Performance Considerations
  15. EF5 Beta 2 Available on NuGet
  16. Safer passwords with SqlCredential
  17. EF4.3.1 and EF5 Beta 1 Available on NuGet
  18. Sneak Preview: Entity Framework 5.0 Performance Improvements
  19. EF 4.3 Released
  20. EF 4.3 Code-Based Migrations Walkthrough
  21. EF 4.3 Automatic Migrations Walkthrough
  22. EF 4.3 Beta 1 Released
  23. EF 4.3 Beta 1: Code-Based Migrations Walkthrough
  24. EF 4.3 Beta 1: Automatic Migrations Walkthrough
  25. EF 4.3 Configuration File Settings
  26. SQL Azure Federations and the Entity Framework

2011 70

  1. Code First Migrations: Beta 1 Released
  2. Code First Migrations: Beta 1 ‘No-Magic’ Walkthrough
  3. Code First Migrations: Beta 1 ‘With-Magic’ Walkthrough (Automatic Migrations)
  4. Minimizing Connection Pool errors in SQL Azure
  5. EF 4.2 Released
  6. How We Talk about EF and its Future Versions
  7. Announcing Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Driver for Linux
  8. EF 4.2 Release Candidate Available
  9. EF 4.2 Code First Walkthrough
  10. EF 4.2 Model & Database First Walkthrough
  11. Code First Migrations: Alpha 3 Released
  12. Microsoft SQL Server OLEDB Provider Deprecation Announcement
  13. EF Code First Fluent API with VB.NET
  14. Annual SQL Connectivity Customer Survey [Date extended]
  15. Code First Migrations: Alpha 2 Released
  16. Code First Migrations: Alpha 2 Walkthrough
  17. EF 4.2 Beta 1 Available
  18. Annual SQL Connectivity Survey
  19. Next EF Release Plans
  20. EF Releases & Versioning - Call for Feedback
  21. Code First Migrations: Your Feedback
  22. Code First Migrations: Walkthrough of August 2011 CTP
  23. Code First Migrations: August 2011 CTP Released
  24. Generated SQL Improvements for TPT Queries (June CTP)
  25. EF 4.1 Update 1 Released
  26. EF 4.1 Language Packs
  27. Announcing the Microsoft Entity Framework June 2011 CTP
  28. Walkthrough: Enums (June CTP)
  29. Walkthrough: Spatial (June CTP)
  30. Walkthrough: Table-Valued Functions (June CTP)
  31. Walkthrough: Multiple Result Sets from Stored Procedure (June CTP)
  32. datajs V1 Now Available
  33. EF 4.1 Validation
  34. Your Voice is Important
  35. EF Power Tools CTP1 Released
  36. Spatial Types in the Entity Framework
  37. MVC + Code-First + Azure Part 2: Deployment
  38. MVC + Code-First + Azure Part 1: Local Development
  39. EF 4.1 Released
  40. EF 4.1 RTW Change to Default MaxLength in Code First
  41. Using WCF Data Services with Entity Framework 4.1 and Code First
  42. EF 4.1 Model & Database First Walkthrough
  43. EF 4.1 Code First Walkthrough
  44. EF 4.1 Release Candidate Available
  45. EF Feature CTP5: Code First Model with Master-Detail WPF Application
  46. Entity Framework Improvements in Visual Studio 2010 SP1
  47. When is Code First not code first?
  48. EF 4.1 Is Coming (DbContext API & Code First RTW)
  49. Oracle Releases Beta of Entity Framework Provider
  50. New Whitepaper: T4 Templates and the Entity Framework
  51. EF Feature CTP5: Code First and WinForms Databinding
  52. Self-Tracking Entities: Original Values and Update Customization
  53. Using DbContext in EF 4.1 Part 12: Automatically Detecting Changes
  54. Using DbContext in EF 4.1 Part 11: Load and AsNoTracking
  55. Using DbContext in EF 4.1 Part 10: Raw SQL Queries
  56. Using DbContext in EF 4.1 Part 9: Optimistic Concurrency Patterns
  57. Using DbContext in EF 4.1 Part 8: Working with Proxies
  58. Using DbContext in EF 4.1 Part 7: Local Data
  59. Using DbContext in EF 4.1 Part 6: Loading Related Entities
  60. Using DbContext in EF 4.1 Part 5: Working with Property Values
  61. Using DbContext in EF 4.1 Part 4: Add/Attach and Entity States
  62. Using DbContext in EF 4.1 Part 3: Finding Entities
  63. Using DbContext in EF 4.1 Part 2: Connections and Models
  64. Using DbContext in EF 4.1 Part 1: Introduction and Model
  65. Devart Releases New Entity Framework Provider
  66. Entity Framework Tutorials - ASP.NET
  67. EF Feature CTP5: Pluggable Conventions
  68. Managing Connections with SQL Azure and Entity Framework
  69. Writing an EF-enabled ADO.NET Provider - Part 2
  70. Writing an EF Enabled ADO.NET Provider

2010 50

  1. EF Feature CTP5: Validation
  2. Code First Mapping Changes in CTP5
  3. EF Feature CTP5 Released!
  4. EF Feature CTP5: Code First Walkthrough
  5. EF Feature CTP5: Fluent API Samples
  6. EF Feature CTP5: Model & Database First with DbContext
  7. Connecting to SQL Azure using Entity Framework
  8. Updated FAQ for EF4
  9. EF & OData @ SQL PASS and TechEd Europe!
  10. Entity Framework and OData @PDC10!
  11. Inheritance Mapping: A Walkthrough Guide for Beginners
  12. The SQL Connectivity Annual Survey Was Extended to Nov, 2nd
  13. Progress Software Releases New Entity Framework Provider
  14. SQL Connectivity Annual Survey
  15. Data Access Guidance
  16. EF Caching with Jarek Kowalski's Provider
  17. The EF Team Wants to Hear from You!
  18. EF Feature CTP4: DbContext & Databases
  19. Performance Considerations when using TPT (Table per Type) Inheritance in the Entity Framework
  20. Absolute Beginners Guide to Entity Framework
  21. EF Feature CTP4 Walkthrough: Code First
  22. EF Feature CTP4 Walkthrough: Productivity Improvements
  23. EF Feature CTP4 Released!
  24. Performance Impact of Server-side Generated GUIDs in EF
  25. TechEd North America – Sessions Online Now!
  26. Remember to re-enable MARS in your SQL Azure based EF apps
  27. Testability in EF4
  28. Working with Sets of Self-Tracking Entities
  29. Microsoft SQL Server has a new connectivity portal page!
  30. Using Binary Serialization and ViewState with Self-Tracking Entities
  31. EF4 Sample Provider for SQL Server now available
  32. Exception Handling in the .NET Framework Data Provider for ODBC, OLE DB, and for SQL Server
  33. Self-Tracking Entities in Silverlight
  34. ADO.NET Survey Results
  35. Improvements to Generated SQL in .NET 4.0
  36. Return Type Shape Sensing for Stored Procedures
  37. SqlClient Default Protocol Order
  38. Entity Framework and LINQ to SQL: Additional programming patterns in EF4
  39. Updated Data Model Designer Extension Starter Kit
  40. Entity Framework POCO Template updated for Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate
  41. Entity Framework Feature CTP 3 Now Available
  42. What’s new with Entity Framework in Visual Studio 2010 RC
  43. Vote for future Entity Framework and Data Services Features
  44. Entity Designer Database Generation Power Pack
  45. The Entity Framework team is hiring!
  46. Announcing the Entity Framework POCO Template update for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2
  47. Walkthrough: POCO Template for the Entity Framework
  48. Introducing the Portable Extensible Metadata
  49. Entity Framework Resources
  50. POCO Proxies Part 2: Serializing POCO Proxies

2009 47

  1. Walkthrough: Test-Driven Development with the Entity Framework 4.0
  2. Test-Driven Development Walkthrough with the Entity Framework 4.0
  3. Updated Feature CTP Walkthrough: Self Tracking Entities for the Entity Framework
  4. Updated Feature CTP Walkthrough: Code Only for Entity Framework
  5. Automatic Generation of Stored Procedure Return Types
  6. There is still time to make yourself heard
  7. Foreign Key Relationships in the Entity Framework
  8. ADO.Net Entity Framework Feature Community Technology Preview Released!
  9. The ADO.NET Providers team wants to hear your opinion
  10. Upcoming ADO.Net Entity Framework Feature Community Technology Preview for Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2
  11. New features in Entity Framework impacting providers
  12. VS2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 Announced!
  13. ADO.NET Data Services v1.5 CTP2 Now Available
  14. DataDirect Releases Entity Framework Provider for Oracle
  15. Improvements to the Generated SQL in .NET 4.0 Beta1
  16. Customizing T4 Templates
  17. Entity Framework Provider for Synergy DBMS
  18. Feature CTP Walkthrough: Code Only for Entity Framework
  19. Feature CTP Walkthrough: POCO Templates for Entity Framework
  20. Feature CTP Walkthrough: Self Tracking Entities for Entity Framework
  21. Announcing: Entity Framework Feature CTP 1
  22. Feature CTP Walkthrough: Code Only for the Entity Framework (Updated)
  23. Feature CTP Walkthrough: POCO Templates for the Entity Framework
  24. Feature CTP Walkthrough: Self Tracking Entities for the Entity Framework (Updated)
  25. Using Repository and Unit of Work patterns with Entity Framework 4.0
  26. System.Data.OracleClient Update
  27. ADO.NET Entity Framework Provider for Firebird RTM Now Available
  28. Entity Framework VB Samples Now Available on CodeGallery!
  29. POCO in the Entity Framework 4: Part 2 – Complex Types, Deferred Loading and Explicit Loading
  30. DataSet and Silverlight
  31. POCO in the Entity Framework 4: Part 1 - The Experience
  32. Updated Entity Framework Documentation for Beta1
  33. Entity Framework 4.0 Beta 1 bits now available in the VS 2010 and .NET 4 Beta 1
  34. Sneak Preview - Pluralization in Entity Framework 4.0
  35. Sneak Peek – Using Code Generation Templates with the Entity Framework 4.0
  36. Sneak Preview: Entity Framework 4.0 Testability Improvements
  37. Sneak Preview: Model Defined Functions
  38. Sneak Preview: N-Tier development with Entity Framework 4.0
  39. Sneak Preview: Deferred Loading in Entity Framework 4.0
  40. Sneak Preview: Model First in the Entity Framework 4.0
  41. Sneak Preview: Persistence Ignorance and POCO in Entity Framework 4.0
  42. Update on the Entity Framework in .NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010
  43. DataDirect Releases Beta Entity Framework Provider for Oracle
  44. EDMGen2 – Now with Reverse Engineering options
  45. Entity Framework-Enabled Providers Lists
  46. OpenLink Releases Their Virtuoso ADO.NET Entity Framework Provider
  47. Beta of Firebird ADO.NET Provider with Entity Framework Support Available

2008 62

  1. New Entity Framework Documentation Topics
  2. IBM's ADO.NET Provider Supports the Entity Framework!
  3. “Table Splitting”: Mapping multiple entity types to the same table.
  4. Migrating from LINQ to SQL to the Entity Framework: Stored Procedures for data retrieval
  5. Working With Large Models In Entity Framework – Part 2
  6. Working With Large Models In Entity Framework – Part 1
  7. Clarifying the message on L2S Futures.
  8. Update on LINQ to SQL and LINQ to Entities Roadmap
  9. Sybase's SQL Anywhere ADO.NET Provider Supports the ADO.NET Entity Framework!
  10. Migrating from LINQ to SQL to Entity Framework: Deferred Loading
  11. Npgsql's ADO.NET Provider for PostgreSQL Supports the ADO.NET Entity Framework!
  12. Migrating from LINQ to SQL to Entity Framework: Eager Loading
  13. PDC 2008 - Los Angeles, CA - Oct. 27-30
  14. SQLite's ADO.NET Provider Supports the ADO.NET Entity Framework!
  15. Devart's New Providers Support the ADO.NET Entity Framework!
  16. Introducing Table-Valued Parameters - Part 1
  17. Entity Framework RTM Breaking Changes
  18. Updated Entity Framework Samples for RTM
  19. What's new in the VS 2008 SP1?
  20. Third Party Provider Support for the Entity Framework RTM
  21. RTM is Finally Here!
  22. Update Model – a Question of Identity – Part 2 of 3
  23. Update Model – a Question of Identity – Part 1 of 3
  24. EDM Tools | Options (Part 4 of 4)
  25. EDM Tools | Options (Part 3 of 4)
  26. New sample provider demonstrates Oracle connectivity
  27. Entity Framework V2 - Transparency in the design process
  28. EDM Tools | Options (Part 2 of 4)
  29. EDM Tools | Options (Part 1 of 4)
  30. How to use a T4 template for View Generation
  31. Tutorial: Entity Data Source Control
  32. Entity Framework Provider Updates
  33. Updated Entity Framework Samples
  34. Going to TechEd? Drop by and say Hi!
  35. How Referential Integrity Works
  36. How does Referential Integrity Work?
  37. How Do I... ? New Entity Framework Videos
  38. Entity Framework Breaking Changes - Visual Studio 2008 & .NET 3.5 SP1 Beta
  39. Entity Framework Breaking Changes - SP1 Beta
  40. Can't find the Entity Data Source?
  41. What's New in the SP1 Beta for LINQ to SQL?
  42. What's New in the SP1 Beta?
  43. Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta & .NET 3.5 SP1 Beta
  44. Recent ADO.NET Entity Framework provider news - Demos and downloads
  45. Program Manager openings in Data Programmability in 2008
  46. Entity Framework & ADO.NET Data Services to Ship with VS 2008 SP1 & .NET 3.5 SP1
  47. Connecting to Pre-Release Versions of SQL Server 2008 – Part Deux
  48. Update Model From DB
  49. ADO.NET Entity Framework Performance Comparison
  50. Stored Procedure Mapping
  51. Extending Lightweight Transactions in SqlClient
  52. Cool Entity Framework Sample
  53. Coming soon to LINQ to SQL
  54. Exploring the Performance of the ADO.NET Entity Framework – Part 2
  55. Exploring the Performance of the ADO.NET Entity Framework - Part 1
  56. ADO.NET performance improvements with the .NET Framework 2.0 SP1
  57. Programming LINQ and the ADO.NET Entity Framework Webcast
  58. SampleEdmxCodeGenerator sources
  59. Customizing Code Generation in the ADO.NET Entity Designer
  60. How does the ADO.NET Entity Designer generate code?
  61. How to Extract CSDL from EDMX
  62. Happy New Year!

2007 57

  1. The ADO.NET Entity Framework - Not Just For SQL Server!
  2. Sample ADO.NET Entity Framework Provider - Beta 3
  3. How To: use your existing CSDL/MSL/SSDL files in the Entity Designer CTP2
  4. Entity Data Model Designer Video - CTP 2
  5. ADO.NET Data Services CTP Released
  6. Database Vendors and 3rd Party Providers Support
  7. Entity Framework Beta 3 - Breaking Changes
  8. Entity Designer CTP2
  9. Breaking Changes- Entity Framework Beta 3
  10. ADO.NET Entity Framework Beta 3 Released!
  11. New ADO.NET Team Members - Part 3
  12. New ADO.NET Team Members - Part 2
  13. New ADO.NET Team Members - Part 1
  14. Connecting to Pre-Release Versions of SQL Server 2008
  15. Entity Data Model Designer Video
  16. Getting Started with the Entity Framework
  17. LINQ to DataSet DataBinding
  18. Sample ADO.NET Entity Framework Provider - Beta 2
  19. Data Development Bonus Track - Devconnections Fall 2007
  20. Astoria CTP Refresh for Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2!
  21. How to Map Stored Procedures using the ADO.NET Entity Framework
  22. Please Give Feedback on Entity Framework Docs
  23. Entity Framework for DBAs
  24. Entity Framework Tools CTP : Package Load Failure Workaround
  25. Entity Framework Beta 2 & the 1st Entity Framework Tools CTP Released!
  26. Entity Framework Beta 2
  27. Entity Framework June CTP Documentation
  28. ADO.NET Entity Framework June 2007 CTP now available
  29. Database Vendors Discuss the Entity Framework and LINQ at TechEd
  30. EntitySQL
  31. Are you Attending TechEd???
  32. ADO.NET at the Advisor Summit
  33. Mapping 101: Part 2 - Association Mapping
  34. Astoria and Jasper on Channel 9
  35. Project Codename "Jasper" - Announced at Mix 07
  36. Project Codename "Astoria" - Announced at Mix 07
  37. ADO.NET Entity Framework Update
  38. Entity Framework Orcas Beta 1 - EDM Wizard Fixed
  39. ADO.NET Entity Framework - Orcas Beta 1
  40. Orcas Beta 1 - Now Available
  41. .NET Rocks with the ADO.NET Team!
  42. EDM Wizard and Designer Featured in VSLive! San Francisco Keynote
  43. ADO.NET Orcas: Sample Provider
  44. Inheritance in the Entity Framework
  45. 101 LINQ Samples Updated
  46. Using Stored Procedures for Change Processing in the ADO.NET Entity Framework
  47. LINQ - XElement and Entities
  48. Object Services – Write less code
  49. RSS Feeds with ADO.NET Entity Framework and the ASP.NET RSS Toolkit
  50. Mapping 101: Part 1
  51. Entity Client
  52. Nulls - LINQ to DataSets Part 3
  53. Entity Data Model 101 - Part 2
  54. Type safety - LINQ to DataSets Part 2
  55. Entity Data Model 101: Part 1
  56. Querying DataSets – Introduction to LINQ to DataSet
  57. Event: ADO.NET Provider Writer Tech Preview, February 6 - 8, 2007

2006 15

  1. ADO.NET Orcas and Samples
  2. LOB Performance in SqlDataReader.
  3. ADO.NET vNext: Entity Data Model (EDM) Designer Prototype
  4. Entity Mapping in ADO.NET vNext
  5. Friday Goodness
  6. ADO.NET vNext Provider Writer Event Summary
  7. Queries in ADO.NET vNext
  8. Announcing: The ADO.NET vNext August CTP
  9. ADO.NET 2.0 on-demand webcasts
  10. ADO.NET Entity Framework on Channel 9
  11. Attention all ADO.NET provider writers!
  12. ADO.NET and SQL Server Everywhere
  13. What I Wish Developers Knew About 'x' in / for SQL Server 2005 (webcasts)
  14. ADO.NET vNext - feedback so far
  15. ADO.NET vNext: The Entity Framework, LINQ and more