New features in Entity Framework 7
Entity Framework 7, a major redesign of the ORM, is the latest version of Entity Framework with the vision of "New Platforms, New Data Stores."
Some of the striking features of this release include support for the following:
- Non-relational data stores and in-memory data: You can now use Entity Framework with NoSQL databases as well.
Entity Framework 7 now provides support for the following data providers:
- SQL Server
- SQLite
- Azure Table Storage
- Redis
- In memory (for unit testing)
- Windows Phone and Windows Store applications and the Linux and Macintosh systems: Entity Framework 7 now provides support for Windows Phone, Windows Store, and ASP.NET 5 and desktop applications.
- Unit testing: Entity Framework 7 now provides support to unit test your applications against in-memory or memory-resident databases.
