8.3. Where Is EF Used?

Several areas of .NET 4.0 and VS2010 support or are dependent on EF:

• WCF Data Services

• Windows Azure

• Dynamic data framework

• ASP.NET AJAX Framework

You can, of course, use EF anywhere in your application, but you may find it is particularly suitable to some areas, such as:

• ASP.NET MVC

• Silverlight/WPF (many controls have built-in EF support)

• ASP.NET (many controls have built-in support for binding to EF objects)