{"id":6703,"date":"2007-12-17T01:24:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-17T09:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/dataplatforminsider\/2007\/12\/17\/new-ado-net-entity-framework-and-tools-ctps-released\/"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:51:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:51:48","slug":"new-ado-net-entity-framework-and-tools-ctps-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2007\/12\/17\/new-ado-net-entity-framework-and-tools-ctps-released\/","title":{"rendered":"New ADO.NET Entity Framework and Tools CTPs released!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The much anticipated ADO.NET Entity Framework (Beta 3) and the ADO.NET Entity Framework Tools (CTP 2) have been released. Along with these exciting releases is the announcement from popular third party provider writers to deliver support for the ADO.NET Entity Framework within 3 months of RTM. 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