New Features in ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.0

Today , we see the "New Features and Enhancements in ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.0"            ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.0 ships with Visual Studio 2010 and includes the following new features and enhancements:

1. persistence ignorance
2. lazy loading
3. self-tracking entities
4. POCO change tracking
5. model-first development
6. built-in functions and model-defined functions