WCF Data Services...

...enables the creation and consumption of OData services for the web (formerly known as ADO.NET Data Services).

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WCF Data Services Overview

OData: There's a Feed For That

By Pablo Castro
60 minutes

Understand what the Open Data Protocol (OData) is and how it adds end user and developer value

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Get Started Resources

Introductory Tutorials

Getting Started With OData Part 1: Building an OData Service

Build A Data Service using Entity Framework

Learn the basics of building a WCF Data Service from data in a relational database

Getting Started With OData Part 2: Building an OData Services from Any Data Source

Build a WCF Data Services Using Any Data Source

Learn the basics of creating a WCF Data Service from data not stored in a database

Build a Client App using OData

Learn to use the WCF Data Services Client Library

Build a Windows Phone 7 App Using OData

Learn how to create Windows Phone 7 applications with Visual Studio 2010

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Announcing the WCF Data Services June CTP

Today we are releasing June CTP of the next version of the WCF Data Services libraries targeting.NET 4 and Silverlight 4. Based on broad community feedback, in addition to features shipped as part of Oct 2010 CTP1, I’m happy to announce that this release includes two of the top three requested features by WCF Data Services developers; support for properties on derived types & support for Any/All LINQ operators.

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Continue Learning WCF Data Services

Authentication Server Configuration Considerations

Step-by-Step walkthrough to configuring the WCF Data Services for Authentication

Developing Windows Phone 7 for OData

A beginner guide to building a Windows Phone 7 data driven application using OData

ASP.NET Output Caching

Step-by-step walkthrough of setting up ouput caching on a WCF Data Services in ASP.NET

Using WCF Data Services with Azure

Step-by-step walkthrough of using WCF Data Services in Azure

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Make WCF Data Services Better

Prioritize the WCF Data Services feature suggestions you need to be successful.

More Resources

	WCF Data Services Team Blog Read new content from the team every week!
	OData.org Learn about – and contribute to – the OData protocol
	Hands-on Labs Quickly evaluate or learn about WCF Data Services with these hands-on labs.
	Connect Submit bugs for WCF Data Services
	MSDN Magazine Read in-depth articles on WCF Data Services