migrations

EF Core 11 Preview 3: Cheaper Change Tracking, Safer Migrations, and Cleaner SQL

EF Core 11 Preview 3 ships GetEntriesForState to bypass DetectChanges, ExcludeForeignKeyFromMigrations for cross-boundary relationships, migration tree divergence detection, and leaner join generation. It also bumps SqlClient to 7.0 and makes MigrationsNotFound throw by default.

EF Core 11 Preview: One-Step Migrations, Full-Text Indexes, and the End of Sync I/O

EF Core 11 brings one-step migrations, managed full-text search indexes, complex types with TPT/TPC inheritance, MaxBy/MinBy translation, and a hard cut from synchronous Cosmos DB access. Here is what matters and what will break.

EF Core Migrations Best Practices: From Development to Production

Practical strategies for managing EF Core migrations across teams, environments, and production deployments without losing data.