title: Entity Framework Core 2.0 on .NET 4.6.1
body: <p>Microsoft <a href="https://github.com/aspnet/Announcements/issues/246" rel="noreferrer" title="Announcement">just announced</a> that Entity Framework Core 2.0 will now run on .NET Standard 2.0. </p>
  
  <p>.Net Standard 2.0 is compatible (if that's the right term here) with .NET Framework 4.6.1.</p>
  
  <p>However when I try add the <a href="https://dotnet.myget.org/feed/aspnetcore-dev/package/nuget/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer/2.0.0-preview2-25332" rel="noreferrer">latest NuGet package</a> I get an error telling me that I'm using the wrong version:</p>
  
  <pre><code> Install-Package : Could not install package 
   'Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer 2.0.0-preview2-25332'. You are 
   trying to install this package into a project that targets 
   '.NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1', but 
   the package does not contain any assembly references or content files 
   that are compatible with that framework. 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If according to the announcement I can use EF Core 2.0 with .NET Framework 4.6.1, can someone please explain, and if possible give an example of what that would look like.</p>