April 2007 - Posts

Project Codename "Jasper" - Announced at Mix 07
30 April 07 02:17 PM | dpblogs | 13 Comments   

This week at Mix 07, Shyam Pather and Sam Druker will present Microsoft Codename “Jasper”, an ADO.NET incubation project for building quick, clean and iterative applications! Building data-serving applications can be cumbersome and time consuming, requiring Read More...

Filed under: Jasper, Dynamic ADO.NET

Project Codename "Astoria" - Announced at Mix 07
30 April 07 10:24 AM | dpblogs | 18 Comments   

Today at Mix 07, the ADO.NET team will speak for first time about an incubation project that they have been working on, Project Codename "Astoria". With the announcement of Microsoft Silverlight and technologies like AJAX, a new wave of web applications Read More...

Filed under: Astoria, Web Data Service

ADO.NET Entity Framework Update
28 April 07 10:09 PM | dpblogs | 60 Comments   

Microsoft is deepening its investment in the ADO.NET Entity Framework as a critical piece of Microsoft’s Data Platform vision. Based on the need to align with requirements from key internal partners that are building on the Entity Framework, along with Read More...

Filed under: ADO.NET, ADO.NET vNext, ADO.NET Orcas, Entity Framework

Entity Framework Orcas Beta 1 - EDM Wizard Fixed
26 April 07 04:33 PM | dpblogs | 10 Comments   

Late last week, after bits had been finalized, we found a bug in the ADO.NET Entity Data Model Wizard that shipped with Visual Studio “Orcas” beta 1. The problem has now been corrected. Please download and install the patch available at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f69e9eb8-0ebd-4fba-a4cc-2050297ba75b&displaylang=en Read More...

Filed under: ADO.NET, ADO.NET Orcas, Entity Framework

ADO.NET Entity Framework - Orcas Beta 1
20 April 07 06:02 PM | dpblogs | 31 Comments   

What else do you need to know about the Entity Framework? We've documented basic syntax and provided a few samples. How can we improve the documentation? Send us scenarios you want to implement. Orcas Beta 1 contains the ADO.NET Entity Framework. This Read More...

Filed under: ADO.NET, ADO.NET Orcas, Entity Framework

Orcas Beta 1 - Now Available
20 April 07 05:59 PM | dpblogs | 1 Comments   

Orcas Beta 1 is available for download! Check out the Visual Studio Downloads page for more info. Read More...

Filed under: ADO.NET Orcas

.NET Rocks with the ADO.NET Team!
05 April 07 01:49 PM | dpblogs | 2 Comments   

Daniel Simmons, ADO.NET Dev Lead, recently sat down with Carl Franklin and Richard Campbell of .NET Rocks to talk in depth about the new ADO.NET Entity Framework. Check out Show #226 and learn more about Microsoft's vision for the Entity Framework long-term Read More...

Filed under: ADO.NET Orcas