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RTM is Finally Here!

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The Entity Framework and the Entity Designer have Released! Today marks the official RTM of Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, and we are thrilled to announce the official RTM of the ADO.NET Entity Framework, the ADO.NET Entity Designer and ADO.NET Data Services.

The Entity Framework and Data Services raise the level of abstraction for database programming and supply both a new model-based paradigm and a rich, standards-based framework for creating data-oriented Web services. Powered by rich and integrated tooling, the new ADO.NET Entity Designer lets users instantly leverage the new model-based paradigm in their applications. With the ADO.NET Entity Designer, users can generate models & mappings from an existing database and also create models with complex inheritance hierarchies & mappings in an intuitive, easy to use graphical user interface well integrated with Visual Studio 2008 SP1. The new Entity Data Source Control lets users consume models in their web applications with ease.

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With this service pack, Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 also support SQL Server 2008, making the Microsoft platform the most comprehensive environment for database application development. You can find more information on both of these technologies and download SP1 at https://msdn.microsoft.com/data

Stay tuned for more posts covering updates and changes made between the SP1 Beta and RTM.

 

- ADO.NET Team

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  • Anonymous
    August 11, 2008
    PingBack from http://www.easycoded.com/rtm-is-finally-here

  • Anonymous
    August 11, 2008
    It seems that the giant of software, Microsoft, is back to its track in post-Gates era! After announcing

  • Anonymous
    August 11, 2008
    SP1 for .NET 3.5 is available here . SP1 for VS 2008 is available here . The SP1 contains also Entity

  • Anonymous
    August 11, 2008
    Hooray!  Finally.  I thought the day would never come.  :-)  Life is about to get really good.

  • Anonymous
    August 11, 2008
    I've been sort of under a rock for a while, but I thought I'd come out for a minute to celebrate. Today

  • Anonymous
    August 12, 2008
    Congrats from everyone on the .NET team here at DataDirect!

  • Anonymous
    October 20, 2008
    Question, how do you put a table back on the model after you deleted it off the designer?

  • Anonymous
    October 27, 2008
    .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Released

  • Anonymous
    June 16, 2009
    .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Released