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Just upgrading some of my projects and am going to note some of the breaking changes for anyone else. Entity Framework System.Data.Objects.ObjectContextOptions //deprecated ContextOptions.DeferredLoadingEnabled = true ; //beta 2 ContextOptions.LazyLoadingEnabled = false ; Update: It seems the T4 template for the Self Tracking Entities was not updated with this change for the ContextOptions. Here is the Fix Just unzip and replace the following files. C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplatesCache\CSharp\Code\1033\AdoNetEntityDataModelT4SelfTrackingCodeGenCsharp.zip\EF.SelfTracking.Context.ctp.CS.tt C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\ItemTemplatesCache\CSharp\Code\1033\AdoNetEntityDataModelT4PocoCodeGenCSharp.zip\EF.Poco.Context.ctp.CS.tt Workflow When I opened up my Solution with a Workflow project it was unable to open it. It seems they have now added two new Workflow Project Types. ...

Just found out that Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 is now available to all MSDN subscribers. According to Scott Hanselman it will be available to the General Public on Wednesday. Here is the link to the download page (Login required): https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/securedownloads/default.aspx?pv=18%3a370   The timing couldn’t have been better as I have just started working on some Workflows which need to go live next month. According to Jeff Beehler there is also a Go Live license available. One thing to mention is that there is no more Team Edition but rather an Ultimate Edition. Am downloading as I write this so will write a follow up post soon about any install problems. Update: Edition Price Visual Studio 2010 Pro / exc. MSDN Subscription $799 Visual Studio 2010 Professional inc. MSDN $1199 Visual Studio Premium  inc. MSDN $5469 ...