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ADO.NET Data Services for Silverlight 3 Update CTP3 now available for download

February 24, 2010 Feb 24, 2010 02/24/10
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A few weeks back, we announced our Data Services update to .NET 3.5 SP1. That release introduced many new features. We are now releasing the Silverlight counterpart, ADO.NET Data Services for Silverlight 3 Update CTP3. This CTP updates our Silverlight client assembly to make use of the new features. This release is just a CTP because we will ...

Compatibility Note: SharePoint 2010 Beta & Data Services Update

February 15, 2010 Feb 15, 2010 02/15/10
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If you want to try out Data Services with the SharePoint 2010 Beta today you have to use CTP2 of Data Services v1.5, because unfortunately the Data Service RTM version, aka the Data Services Update for .NET 3.5 SP1 is incompatible with the SharePoint 2010 Beta. This is a point in time issue – when SharePoint RTMs it will work seamlessly with...

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 ...

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: Install the Update Create a database. Create a Web Application containing: An Entity Data Model (EDM) to expose the database A ...

Introducing the Microsoft Open Data Protocol Visualizer (CTP1)

November 17, 2009 Nov 17, 2009 11/17/09
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1. Introduction The Open Data Protocol Visualizer for Visual Studio CTP1 (“the visualizer”) is a extension that provides a read-only visualization of the types, properties, associations, and other objects in the Entity Data Model (EDM) returned from an Open Data Protocol’s metadata endpoint (this document assumes basic ...

Breaking Down ‘Data Silos’ – The Open Data Protocol (OData)

November 17, 2009 Nov 17, 2009 11/17/09
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A few weeks ago we posted about steps we’ve been taking to enable a wide range of data sources (DB, SharePoint, Reports, Cloud storage services, etc) to expose their data for programmatic access from any platform (Java, PHP, Silverlight, .NET, AJAX, etc) using a simple HTTP/AtomPub based protocol as the means of communication.  Our ...

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 ...

Using Data Services over SharePoint 2010 – Part 2 – CRUD

October 29, 2009 Oct 29, 2009 10/29/09
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In part 1 you learned how to get SharePoint 2010 and Astoria working together, how to add a Service Reference to your Client Application and how to do a basic insert. In this installment you will see full CRUD, so you’ll learn how to do queries, data binding, updates and deletes. The Problem: In part 1 we created a ‘Make a Suggestion’ ...

Using Data Services over SharePoint 2010 – Part 1 – Getting Started

October 21, 2009 Oct 21, 2009 10/21/09
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ADO.NET Data Services 1.5 and SharePoint 2010 allow developers to write applications against SharePoint Lists using the familiar Data Services Client programming model. Setup The SharePoint 2010 beta will become generally available in November. In order to use Data Services with SharePoint 2010 Beta, ADO.NET Data Services 1.5 must be ...