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Getting Started with the Data Service Update for .NET 3.5 SP1 – Part 2

January 28, 2010 Jan 28, 2010 01/28/10
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In Part 1 we created a Data Service that exposes V2 of the OData Protocol, in this post we will create a WPF application to consume our Data Service. Walkthrough: Step 1 – Update Code Generation Settings: The Data Services Update is basically a patch to .NET 3.5 SP1, so it can’t break existing projects, this means we need a way to opt-in ...

Data Services Update for .NET 3.5 SP1 – Now Available for Download

January 27, 2010 Jan 27, 2010 01/27/10
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We’re very excited to announce that the “Data Services Update for .NET Framework 3.5 SP1” (formerly known as “ADO Data Services v1.5”) has been re-released and is available for download; the issue with the previous update has been resolved. If your target is Windows7 or Windows 2008 R2 you can pick it up here.  For all other OS ...

Want to work in the WCF Data Service Team? We are Hiring!

January 26, 2010 Jan 26, 2010 01/26/10
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We are actively looking for software developers in test (SDE/T) in the WCF Data Services (code named “Astoria”) team. The team has a great momentum with the release of Visual Studio 2010 and we could use your help in driving the vision for the next version of the product as the standard web protocol for data exchange. You will have the ...

Getting Started with the Data Services Update for .NET 3.5 SP1 – Part 1

December 17, 2009 Dec 17, 2009 12/17/09
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Yesterday we released the Data Services Update for .NET 3.5 SP1 that basically brings the functionality available in .NET 4.0 to .NET 3.5 too. To help you get started with the Update, in this post we will: And in Part 2 we will Create a WPF Application to use the Data Service So without further ado, lets get started… Walkthrough: Step ...

Using the Silverlight 4.0 WCF Data Services Client Library

December 1, 2009 Dec 1, 2009 12/1/09
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Recently Microsoft released Silverlight 4 Beta which includes an update to the Data Services Silverlight client. The update includes most of the new features previewed in the ADO.NET Data Services CTP2 - see this blog post for a complete list of the features in CTP2. The new Silverlight 4.0 Data Services client library also includes ...

Data Services Release Plan Update

November 25, 2009 Nov 25, 2009 11/25/09
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We’ve heard a lot of feedback since we first discussed our plans to create v1.5 of Data Services (http://blogs.msdn.com/astoriateam/archive/2009/03/01/announcing-ado-net-data-services-v1-5-ctp1.aspx).  Since that time we’ve been busy improving the quality of the product, adding features and solidifying our release plans.   ...

Simplifying our n-tier development platform: making 3 things 1 thing

November 17, 2009 Nov 17, 2009 11/17/09
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As you’ve probably observed, we’ve been working hard over the past year or so to grow our application stacks to better support the types of applications (Silverlight, rich desktop, AJAX, etc) and services (SOAP, REST, etc) that are required to build modern, robust solutions.  At present, a few of the technologies we have to help in ...

Enabling X-Domain access to your Data Services

November 5, 2009 Nov 5, 2009 11/5/09
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In the Astoria V1.5 CTP2 release, we introduced support for X-Domain and Out Of Browser access to Data Services in our Silverlight client library. This blog post talks about how to enable Cross-Domain access to Data Services from the Silverlight client library. I am a Service author, How do I enable X-Domain access to Data Services I host ...