WCF Data Services Team Blog
Announcing datajs version 0.0.4
We are excited to announce that datajs version 0.0.4 is now available at...
Author: dpblogs Date: 06/20/2011
Any/All support in WCF Data Services
The latest CTP of WCF Data Services adds one of the most frequently requested features, namely...
Author: dpblogs Date: 05/31/2011
Accessing an OData Media Resource Stream from a Windows Phone 7 Application (Streaming Provider Series-Part 3)
In this third post in the series on implementing a streaming data provider, we show how to use the...
Author: dpblogs Date: 05/17/2011
Using Microsoft WCF Data Services Reference Data Caching Extensions (CTP)
Introduction Last week at MIX we announced proposed extensions to the OData protocol for obtaining...
Author: dpblogs Date: 04/20/2011
Reference Data Caching Walkthrough
This walkthrough shows how a simple web application can be built using the reference data caching...
Author: dpblogs Date: 04/13/2011
Announcing datajs version 0.0.3
Today we are very excited to announce a new release of datajs. The latest release of datajs makes...
Author: dpblogs Date: 04/13/2011
Announcing WCF Data Services March 2011 CTP2 for .NET4 & SL4
Today we are releasing CTP2 of the next version of the WCF Data Services libraries. This release...
Author: dpblogs Date: 03/09/2011
Introduction to Derived Properties
What is a derived property? A derived property is a property that does not exist on the EntityType...
Author: dpblogs Date: 03/09/2011
New JavaScript library for OData and beyond
Today we are announcing a new project called ‘datajs’, a cross-browser JavaScript...
Author: dpblogs Date: 02/08/2011
Connecting to an OAuth 2.0 protected OData Service
This post creates a Windows Phone 7 client application for the OAuth 2.0 protected OData service we...
Author: dpblogs Date: 01/21/2011
OData and OAuth – protecting an OData Service using OAuth 2.0
In this post you will learn how to create an OData service that is protected using OAuth 2.0, which...
Author: dpblogs Date: 01/20/2011
Using ASP.NET output caching with Data Services
A lot of our customers have asked us how to cache results from their Data Service. Which is why I...
Author: dpblogs Date: 12/08/2010
Entity Set Resolver
Problem Statement: In previous versions, the WCF Data Services .NET and Silverlight client libraries...
Author: dpblogs Date: 11/29/2010
Additional Feed Customization Support
- Problem: In the previous version, WCF Data Services introduced the feed customization feature....
Author: dpblogs Date: 11/15/2010
Named Resource Streams
One of the new WCF Data Services features in the October 2010 CTP is something called Named Resource...
Author: dpblogs Date: 11/12/2010
Introduction to Multi-Valued Properties
Although you may see both the terms, “Bags” and “Multi-Valued Property”,...
Author: dpblogs Date: 11/11/2010
Data Services Client for Win Phone 7 Now Available!
Today, at the PDC, we announced that a production-ready version of the WCF Data Services client for...
Author: dpblogs Date: 10/28/2010
Walkthrough: OData client for Windows Live Services
Background As described recently on the Windows Live team blog, programming against your Windows...
Author: dpblogs Date: 10/26/2010
Announcing WCF Data Services Oct 2010 CTP1 for .NET4 & SL4
Today we are releasing CTP1 of the next version of the WCF Data Services libraries. This release...
Author: dpblogs Date: 10/26/2010
WCF Data Services Client Library and Windows Phone 7 – Next Steps
We’ve received a fair number of questions regarding our current CTP library for Windows Phone...
Author: dpblogs Date: 09/27/2010
ASP.NET Security Vulnerability
Over the weekend the ASP.NET team released a Microsoft Security Advisory about a security...
Author: dpblogs Date: 09/20/2010
What do you want to see added/changed in WCF Data Services?
As we’ve posted a few times before on this blog the data services team is beginning to explore...
Author: dpblogs Date: 09/10/2010
Data Services Streaming Provider Series-Part 2: Accessing a Media Resource Stream from the Client
In this second post in the series on implementing a streaming data provider, we show how to use the...
Author: dpblogs Date: 09/08/2010
OData and Authentication – Part 8 – OAuth WRAP
OAuth WRAP is a claims based authentication protocol supported by the AppFabric Access Control (ACS)...
Author: dpblogs Date: 08/19/2010
Data Services Streaming Provider Series: Implementing a Streaming Provider (Part 1)
The Open Data Protocol (OData) enables you to define data feeds that also make binary large object...
Author: dpblogs Date: 08/04/2010
OData and Authentication – Part 7 – Forms Authentication
Our goal in this post is to re-use the Forms Authentication already in a website to secure a new...
Author: dpblogs Date: 07/21/2010
OData and Authentication – Part 6 – Custom Basic Authentication
You might remember, from Part 5, that Basic Authentication is built-in to IIS. So why do we need...
Author: dpblogs Date: 07/21/2010
Deploying an OData Service in Windows Azure
Windows Azure and SQL Azure are the new Cloud service products from Microsoft. In this blog post, I...
Author: dpblogs Date: 07/20/2010
OData and Authentication – Part 5 – Custom HttpModules
In the last post we saw how to add custom authentication inside your Data Service using the...
Author: dpblogs Date: 07/19/2010
OData and Authentication – Part 4 – Server Side Hooks
If you secure an OData Service using Windows authentication – see Part 2 to learn how –...
Author: dpblogs Date: 07/19/2010
Join the OData Mailing List
Today we released an OData Mailing List. This is the list to use if you have OData questions,...
Author: dpblogs Date: 06/28/2010
TechEd 2010 OData Service
TechEd North America 2010 is fast approaching (it starts Monday). This year we have added an OData...
Author: dpblogs Date: 06/06/2010
Service Operations and the WCF Data Services Client
Service Operations in WCF Data Services allow you to create WCF style methods on your service. In...
Author: dpblogs Date: 05/26/2010
OData and Authentication - Part 3 - ClientSide Hooks
So far in this series we’ve looked at Windows Authentication. For both Windows and Basic...
Author: dpblogs Date: 05/24/2010
Using Restricted Characters in Data Service Keys
If your Data Service includes entities with a string key, you can run into problems if the keys...
Author: dpblogs Date: 05/21/2010
OData and Authentication – Part 2 – Windows Authentication
Imagine you have an OData Service installed on your domain somewhere, probably using the .NET Data...
Author: dpblogs Date: 05/10/2010
OData and Authentication – Part 1
Here on the Data Services team we hear many people ask about authentication. Questions like: How do...
Author: dpblogs Date: 05/10/2010
ADO.NET Data Services Update for .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 - Refresh
The Data Services team has released a refresh of the ADO.NET Data Services Update for .NET Framework...
Author: dpblogs Date: 05/08/2010
Windows Phone Developer Tools April 2010 Refresh and the OData Client
Two months ago we released an OData Library for the Windows Phone 7 – see the blog post here....
Author: dpblogs Date: 05/07/2010
OData Roadshow
We are taking the MIX10 Services Powering Experiences content on the road. New York, NY – May...
Author: dpblogs Date: 05/05/2010
Deep Fried OData
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Chris Woodruff, a host of the Deep Fried Bytes podcast, at...
Author: dpblogs Date: 04/28/2010
The Open Data Protocol .NET Framework Client Library – Source Code Available for Download
We are happy to announce that we have made the source code for the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and...
Author: dpblogs Date: 04/26/2010
WCF Data Services for Silverlight 4 now available for download
A couple of months ago, we released an update to .NET 3.5 SP1 and its counterpart ADO.NET Data...
Author: dpblogs Date: 04/20/2010
Introduction to Databinding (Updated)
This blog post is an update to an introduction to the data binding capabilities we first added in...
Author: dpblogs Date: 04/19/2010
Relationship links
Problem StatementOData (the protocol used by WCF Data Services) enables you to address the...
Author: dpblogs Date: 04/05/2010
Developing an OData consumer for the Windows Phone 7
A couple of days back at Mix we announced the CTP release of the OData Client Library for Windows...
Author: dpblogs Date: 03/19/2010
Got SQL Azure? Then you've got OData
In his MIX Keynote this week, Douglas Purdy demonstrated a new OData Service for SQL Azure. We are...
Author: dpblogs Date: 03/18/2010
Announcing the OData SDK
Last November at PDC 09 we announced the Open Data Protocol (OData), providing a way to unlock your...
Author: dpblogs Date: 03/16/2010
MSDN Mag: Using the OData Ajax library
Dino Esposito has written a nice article in the March 2010 MSDN magazine on how to use the OData...
Author: dpblogs Date: 02/26/2010