Entity Framework Core 7 (EF7) RC2 has shipped! The RC2 release contains all features planned for the EF7 GA release. This includes: Mapping to SQL Server JSON Columns ExecuteUpdate and ExecuteDelete (Bulk updates) Improved performance for SaveChanges Table-per-concrete-type (TPC) inheritance mapping Custom Reverse Engineering Templates for Database First Customizable model building conventions Stored procedure mapping for inserts, updates, and deletes New and improved interceptors and events Query enhancements, including more GroupBy and GroupJoin translations RC2 contains more than 80 fixed issues over RC1. In total, EF7 contains more than 350 fixed issues over EF Core 6.0, as well