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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When Anthony is not carrying out black ops missions in North Korea or tracking fugitives through the Alaskan tundra, Anthony is a Principal Software Architect at Microsoft. Prior to joining Microsoft, Anthony was Director of Database and Software Solutions at Visio, a VP at InfoModelers, and a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland. Anthony's PhD thesis was on theorem proving in classical and non-classical logics. Anthony also has a BSc with honors in computer science and mathematics. |
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Aaron is a co-founder of Pluralsight where he focuses on Microsoft Connected Systems technologies. He has authored numerous Pluralsight courses including Applied Web Services, Applied BizTalk Server, Applied Windows Communication Foundation, and others. |
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