Upgrading to EF Core 11: Prettier SQL and a Few Ugly Changes
EF Core 11 is still in development as of this writing (based on the Microsoft Learn docs for EF Core 11, last updated August 2026). Some of what’s below could change before release. I tested against the mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/nightly/sdk:11.0-preview image (resolving to SDK 11.0.100-rc.1.26411.119) and Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer 11.0.0-preview.6.26359.118; see the companion code for the runnable version of every SQL example below. EF Core 11 ships alongside .NET 11, and it requires the .NET 11 SDK to build and the .NET 11 runtime to run; there’s no running it on .NET 10 or earlier, and definitely not on .NET Framework. ...