Architecture and data access technologies
Object relational mapping
Presentation of the framework,
Entity framework tools vs other ORMs (NHibernate)

Workshop: Setting up the Entity Framework in a project in Visual Studio

Presentation, modifications of entity models
Introduction in VS. Schema of the EDMX file
Choice of a method (CodeFirst, ModelFirst)

Workshop: Creation, modification of a model

Overview of Available Data Retrieval Methods
Using LINQ to Entities
Queries with Entity SQL
The EntityClient Provider Stored
Procedures
Queries and Modifies Data
Using ADO.Net Commands Using DataSets
Managing Transactions
Using LINQ to SQL
Managing Performance and Management competition

Workshop: Writing multiple queries (related entities and updating loaded data)

Creating, updating, and deleting entity data
Tracking changes in the Entity Framework
Using plain old CLR Objects (POCO)
classes with Entity Framework POCO classes and lazy loading
Entity type extensions

Workshop: Updating data and modifying the model

Build Optimized Solutions Using Object Services

Using Design-

Generated Entity Framework Views Performance Monitoring

Perform Asynchronous Data Changes

Offline Data Caching Using XML

Using Sync Framework

Workshop: Query optimizations, offline data monitoring and caching