Entity Framework Core 7 (EF7) Release Candidate 1 has shipped! The team focused on addressing defects, minor enhancements, and putting the finishing touches on features. See the full list of EF7 RC1 changes on GitHub. For a detailed look at what’s new in EF7, with working samples, check out our newly updated What’s New in EF7 documentation. You can also read the feature deep dives in our previous blog posts: EF7 Preview 7 – Interceptors EF7 Preview 6 – Performance EF7 Preview 5 – Table-per-Concrete Type (TPC) EF7 Preview 4 – DDD-friendly converters EF7 Preview 3 – customizable database-first