http://blogs.msdn.com/saurabh/archive/tags/.NET+RIA+Services/default.aspxTags: .NET RIA Servicesen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/saurabh/archive/2009/03/19/net-ria-services.aspxThu, 19 Mar 2009 22:42:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9491030Saurabh0http://blogs.msdn.com/saurabh/comments/9491030.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/saurabh/commentrss.aspx?PostID=9491030<P>Over the last year&nbsp;I have been working on <A title=".NET RIA Services" href="http://silverlight.net/forums/t/80529.aspx" mce_href="http://silverlight.net/forums/t/80529.aspx">.NET RIA Services</A>, a preview of which just went public at MIX.</P> <P><A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/">Brad Abrams</A> does a great job on his blog of answering the obvious question you might have - <A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/archive/2009/03/19/what-is-net-ria-services.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/archive/2009/03/19/what-is-net-ria-services.aspx">What is .NET RIA Services?</A>.&nbsp;Also be sure to check out his <A href="http://videos.visitmix.com/MIX09/T40F" mce_href="http://videos.visitmix.com/MIX09/T40F">session at MIX</A> on the same topic. </P> <P><A href="http://www.nikhilk.net/" mce_href="http://www.nikhilk.net/">Nikhil Kothari</A> presented a great <A href="http://videos.visitmix.com/MIX09/T41F" mce_href="http://videos.visitmix.com/MIX09/T41F">session</A> on .NET RIA Services at MIX as well.</P> <P>A good resource for getting started with RIA Services is <A href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=RiaServices&amp;DownloadId=5147" mce_href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Project/Download/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=RiaServices&amp;DownloadId=5147">this wakthrough</A> that guides you through building your first Silverlight RIA Services Application. Once you are ready to dig deeper into individual feature areas, <A href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/B/8/FB8CA635-296B-487F-965C-8148F08B5319/riaservicesoverviewpreview.pdf" mce_href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/B/8/FB8CA635-296B-487F-965C-8148F08B5319/riaservicesoverviewpreview.pdf">this doc</A> should help with that. If like me you learn by stepping through working code, you will find the sample applications <A href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RiaServices" mce_href="http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/RiaServices">here</A>&nbsp;helpful.</P> <P>As with any preview release <A href="http://silverlight.net/forums/53.aspx" mce_href="http://silverlight.net/forums/53.aspx">feedback</A> is welcome and greatly appreciated.</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9491030" width="1" height="1">.NET RIA Services