Visual Studio 2012 does not have Entity Framework menu

Question

My copy of Visual Studio 2012 does not have Entity Framework menu.

How can I get it?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/zh-cn/data/jj200620

I'm using Visual Studio 2012 Update 2.

Answer 1

You can install it from Entity Framework Power Tools. It is an add-on for Visual Studio

Answer 2

There are 2 things to install if using entity framework:

• Entity Framework in Package manager console

PM> Install-Package EntityFramework

or Install-package EntityFramework -pre if after the EF6 in its current state

• The Entity Framework powertools

  http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/72a60b14-1581-4b9b-89f2-846072eff19d

The powertools offer some good options that appear in that context menu

Remember to right click on a file containing DBContext to get the right behavior.