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“Programming Entity Framework” by Julie Lerman provides a comprehensive discussion of using the ADO.NET Entity Framework.

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ADO.NET Entity Framework introduces the Entity Framework and provides links to numerous detailed articles.

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Connection Strings (Entity Framework) describes how connection strings are used by the Entity Framework. The connection strings contain information used to connect to the underlying ADO.NET data provider as well as information about the required Entity Data Model mapping and metadata.

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Entity Data Model Tools describes the tools that help you to build applications graphically with the EDM: the Entity Data Model Wizard, the ADO.NET Entity Data Model Designer (Entity Designer), and the Update Model Wizard. These tools work together to help you generate, edit, and update an Entity Data Model.

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LINQ to Entities enables developers to write queries against the database from the same language used to build the business logic.