What is new in .NET Framework 4.5

Another major release in .NET Framework, .NET 4.5 which allows the developers to use Windows 8 technologies and windows runtime directly from .NET 4.5. It makes easy and natural to write Metro style applications using C# and VB. .NET 4.5 makes your applications run faster eg: Faster ASP.NET startup. .NET 4.5 gives you easy access to your data with entity framework code first approach and recent SQL Server features. This post discuss these features in detail.