diff --git a/EntityFramework.Utilities/EntityFramework.Utilities/EFBatchOperation.cs b/EntityFramework.Utilities/EntityFramework.Utilities/EFBatchOperation.cs
index 72fa98c..5975391 100644
--- a/EntityFramework.Utilities/EntityFramework.Utilities/EFBatchOperation.cs
+++ b/EntityFramework.Utilities/EntityFramework.Utilities/EFBatchOperation.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public interface IEFBatchOperationBase<TContext, T> where T : class
         /// <param name="items">The items to insert</param>
         /// <param name="connection">The DbConnection to use for the insert. Only needed when for example a profiler wraps the connection. Then you need to provide a connection of the type the provider use.</param>
         /// <param name="batchSize">The size of each batch. Default depends on the provider. SqlProvider uses 15000 as default</param>        
-        void InsertAll<TEntity>(IEnumerable<TEntity> items, DbConnection connection = null, int? batchSize = null) where TEntity : class, T; 
+        void InsertAll<TEntity>(IEnumerable<TEntity> items, DbConnection connection = null, int? batchSize = null, SqlBulkCopyOptions copyOptions = SqlBulkCopyOptions.Default, SqlTransaction transaction = null) where TEntity : class, T; 
         IEFBatchOperationFiltered<TContext, T> Where(Expression<Func<T, bool>> predicate);
 
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public static IEFBatchOperationBase<TContext, T> For<TContext, T>(TContext conte
         /// <param name="items">The items to insert</param>
         /// <param name="connection">The DbConnection to use for the insert. Only needed when for example a profiler wraps the connection. Then you need to provide a connection of the type the provider use.</param>
         /// <param name="batchSize">The size of each batch. Default depends on the provider. SqlProvider uses 15000 as default</param>
-        public void InsertAll<TEntity>(IEnumerable<TEntity> items, DbConnection connection = null, int? batchSize = null) where TEntity : class, T
+        public void InsertAll<TEntity>(IEnumerable<TEntity> items, DbConnection connection = null, int? batchSize = null, SqlBulkCopyOptions copyOptions = SqlBulkCopyOptions.Default, SqlTransaction transaction = null) where TEntity : class, T
         {
             var con = context.Connection as EntityConnection;
             if (con == null && connection == null)
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public void InsertAll<TEntity>(IEnumerable<TEntity> items, DbConnection connecti
                     });
                 }
 
-                provider.InsertItems(items, tableMapping.Schema, tableMapping.TableName, properties, connectionToUse, batchSize);
+                provider.InsertItems(items, tableMapping.Schema, tableMapping.TableName, properties, connectionToUse, batchSize, copyOptions, transaction);
             }
             else
             {
diff --git a/EntityFramework.Utilities/EntityFramework.Utilities/IQueryProvider.cs b/EntityFramework.Utilities/EntityFramework.Utilities/IQueryProvider.cs
index e0af4d9..956d48f 100644
--- a/EntityFramework.Utilities/EntityFramework.Utilities/IQueryProvider.cs
+++ b/EntityFramework.Utilities/EntityFramework.Utilities/IQueryProvider.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Data.Common;
+using System.Data.SqlClient;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ public interface IQueryProvider
 
         string GetDeleteQuery(QueryInformation queryInformation);
         string GetUpdateQuery(QueryInformation predicateQueryInfo, QueryInformation modificationQueryInfo);
-        void InsertItems<T>(IEnumerable<T> items, string schema, string tableName, IList<ColumnMapping> properties, DbConnection storeConnection, int? batchSize);
+        void InsertItems<T>(IEnumerable<T> items, string schema, string tableName, IList<ColumnMapping> properties, DbConnection storeConnection, int? batchSize, SqlBulkCopyOptions copyOptions = SqlBulkCopyOptions.Default, SqlTransaction transaction = null);
         void UpdateItems<T>(IEnumerable<T> items, string schema, string tableName, IList<ColumnMapping> properties, DbConnection storeConnection, int? batchSize, UpdateSpecification<T> updateSpecification);
 
         bool CanHandle(DbConnection storeConnection);
diff --git a/EntityFramework.Utilities/EntityFramework.Utilities/SqlQueryProvider.cs b/EntityFramework.Utilities/EntityFramework.Utilities/SqlQueryProvider.cs
index ca85d23..5b51fcf 100644
--- a/EntityFramework.Utilities/EntityFramework.Utilities/SqlQueryProvider.cs
+++ b/EntityFramework.Utilities/EntityFramework.Utilities/SqlQueryProvider.cs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public string GetUpdateQuery(QueryInformation predicateQueryInfo, QueryInformati
             return string.Format("UPDATE [{0}].[{1}] SET {2} {3}", predicateQueryInfo.Schema, predicateQueryInfo.Table, updateSql, predicateQueryInfo.WhereSql);
         }
 
-        public void InsertItems<T>(IEnumerable<T> items, string schema, string tableName, IList<ColumnMapping> properties, DbConnection storeConnection, int? batchSize)
+        public void InsertItems<T>(IEnumerable<T> items, string schema, string tableName, IList<ColumnMapping> properties, DbConnection storeConnection, int? batchSize, SqlBulkCopyOptions copyOptions = SqlBulkCopyOptions.Default, SqlTransaction transaction = null)
         {
             using (var reader = new EFDataReader<T>(items, properties))
             {
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ public void InsertItems<T>(IEnumerable<T> items, string schema, string tableName
                 {
                     con.Open();
                 }
-                using (SqlBulkCopy copy = new SqlBulkCopy(con))
+                using (var copy = transaction == null
+                    ? new SqlBulkCopy(con.ConnectionString, copyOptions)
+                    : new SqlBulkCopy(con, copyOptions, transaction))
                 {
                     copy.BatchSize = Math.Min(reader.RecordsAffected, batchSize ?? 15000); //default batch size
                     if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(schema))