EntityFramework: Releases, patches & end-of-life
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Lifecycle guide for EntityFramework from Microsoft

All releases, patches, maintenance and support periods at a glance

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📅 Last update on 2026-03-09

What is EntityFramework?

Automate product release and end-of-life managementEntity Framework is Microsoft"s recommended data access technology for new applications.
 

The entire lifecycle of EntityFramework

The following figure shows you the visualised product life cycle of EntityFramework. You can see all releases with the latest patch version, the long-term support characteristics (orange flag in the green circle, the periods for version provision, maintenance and support.
EntityFramework (Microsoft) release, version and end-of-life information
XEntityFramework (Microsoft) release, version and end-of-life information
Figure: Release, patch and end-of-life cycle of product EntityFramework (Microsoft)
 

Facts and figures about EntityFramework

Product
EntityFramework
Vendor
Microsoft
Latest version
6.5.1
Number of releases
3
Number of versions
46
Number of unstable versions
27
Number of versions affected by CVE
0
Licence details
http://www.microsoft.com/web/webpi/eula/net_library_eula_enu.htm
 
 

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