Entity Framework 4.0

The new beat is available here.

Microsoft is still on the path to full persistence, with the introduction of POCOs and Design first approach (top down with schema generation) in this version (among several important new features and enhancements).

Sneak preview of new features here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/

and here

http://blogs.msdn.com/efdesign/default.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2009/05/11/update-on-the-entity-framework-in-net-4-and-visual-studio-2010.aspx