In addition to StretchDB and AlwaysEncrypted, there are two more exciting features in the works for SQL Server 2016: dynamic data masking and row-level security. In the case of these two features, ...

Now if you drop the view from your data model and re-add it, EF will pick up the real primary key column that is labeled NID and your LINQ statement will perform as expected.

Power Query transformations can assist in splitting data into rows, based on various factors such as delimiter, text patterns, and data types.