3 Using the Data Provider with the ADO.NET Entity Framework : Implementation Differences for the ADO.NET Entity Framework Provider

Implementation Differences for the ADO.NET Entity Framework Provider
Much of the functionality in the ADO.NET Entity Framework data provider is the same as in the ADO.NET data provider. In some cases, default values and coding implementation differ to enhance the performance of ADO.NET Entity Framework applications.
The ADO.NET Entity Framework programming contexts inherently eliminate the need to use some ADO.NET methods and properties. These properties and methods remain useful for standard ADO.NET applications. The online help, which is integrated into Visual Studio, describes the public methods and properties of each class.
Refer to the DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET User’s Guide for a list of the connection string options that have different default values when used with an ADO.NET Entity Framework application.