Data Development......uses Microsoft's data platform to create data-centric solutions across mobile devices and desktops for web servers, enterprise servers, and the cloud. Read: Technologies At-a-Glance | Guide for .NET Developers
Technologies Past, Present, & Future | Top Ten Questions on Data .png ".NET Technologies") | .NET Technologies Use the Entity Framework to easily access databases using LINQ, with direct access to SQL Server and the option to control the mapping between an Entity Data Model (EDM) and raw relational structures.
Use Data Services for a near-turnkey solution to easily create and consume REST-based data services on both the web and intranet.
Use the core ADO.NET technology to manually implement a data access layer on top of any data store, and System.XML for XML access in .NET. Also see LINQ to SQL for access to SQL Server tables represented as objects. | | | | .png "Win32 Technologies") | Native Technologies Depend on Microsoft's XML technologies for working with XML, and on Native Data Access Technologies (ADO, OLEDB, and ODBC), collectively known as MDAC/WDAC, for uniform data access to diverse data sources. Also visit the SQL Server Developer Center for more direct access to SQL Server including the SQL Server Native Client. | | | | .png "Roadmap to the Future") | Roadmap to the Future Look to new features in Entity Framework and Data Services added in the .NET Framework 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010. Look to the SQL Server Modeling technologies for new approaches to textual modeling (the code name "M" language), a new environment for building data-driven applications (code name "Quadrant"), and enterprise-level Modeling Services. |
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Exploring SQL Server Modeling through MCslaThis three-part video series, Rockford Lhotka of Magenic discusses the benefits and usage of the SQL Server Modeling technologies in the context of MCsla, a model-driven prototype of his Csla.NET deve... moreMonday, Feb 8
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Featured Team Blog.jpg) | Dave Langer
Dave Langer is an unrepentant modeling junkie currently working as a Program Manager on the SQL Server Modeling Services team. Prior to joining the Modeling Services team Dave spent more than 12 years working for, and consulting with, Fortune 500 IT shops. Dave's current obsession is the usage of Modeling Services to make the IT Architect’s job just a bit easier. |
More... | Featured Community Blogger.jpg) | Jon Flanders
Since 1999, Jon has devoted his time to working on various projects while migrating from the world of ASP and COM to the world of .NET, ASP.NET, and Web Services. Jon wrote "Essential ASP" for Addison-Wesley, and co-authored "Mastering Visual Studio.NET" for O'Reilly. |
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