Given how much of what we do in my team is related to the web (ADO.NET Data Services, System.Xml, etc.), Mix is one of the events I look forward every year, both to share some of the stuff we're working on and to hear from attendees who are building real...

A few days ago we announced the big news about SQL Data Services (SDS) switching to being a full relational database on the cloud. I’ve been a strong supporter of this path for a number of reasons. Relational databases are very well understood and there...

We announced two releases this week, kind of usual but it worked out this way. The first one is the first CTP of ADO.NET Data Services v1.5. This is the next version of "Astoria" or the ADO.NET Data Services framework, and it includes a number of enhancements...