The Art of SQL Server FILESTREAM - Red Gate Software

Chapter 4: FILESTREAM with Entity Framework and LINQ to SQLFigure 4-3:Choosing the data connection.You may remember that, for accessing FILESTREAM through Win32 or Managed APIs,Windows authentication was necessary. However, as mentioned earlier, EF accessesFILESTREAM data through T-SQL only. Therefore, when you enter your databasecredentials, you can use either Windows authentication or SQL Server authentication.The next step allows you to select the database objects you wish to include in your datamodel (Figure 4-4). We'll select the Items table and the stored procedure SaveItem, andname the data model NorthPoleModel.138