VS 2008: Entity Framework – Entities and relationships in the entity data model.

 
The entity data model is based on the following three areas:
1)     The conceptual model, which uses conceptual schema definition language (CSDL) to declare and define the entities, associations, sets, and containers of the object model being designed. The programmable classes are built from this schema
 
2)     The store model, which uses the store schema definition language [...]

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Gaining business agility through SOA

SOA is a topic that needs alot to be thought and talked about. One such area is about gaining business agility. 
 
Consider the following five factors
(i)   Development productivity
Choosing the right tool to solve the business problem is of fundamental importance. The same applies to SOA. In the past year or so, a lot of investment has [...]

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VS: Learning Workflow Foundation 4.0

Have a look into the two webcasts (by Alan Smith) a head start on WF 4.0
 
 1) Building Custom Activities in WF 4.0
Description: This webcast focuses on developing custom activities for WF 4.0. Covers the following:
Ø       WF 4.0 custom activity concepts
Ø       Building a simple custom activity
Ø       Building a composite custom activity
 
Download: [...]

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VS2008: Using the Entity Framework

The word out there is about Visual Studio 2008 – and now with SP1 released the excitement/curiosity has just increased. One of the major additions is the introduction of the ADO .Net Entity Data Model. Without going into a lot of explanation, in short it’s a tool that allows you to create a new Entity [...]

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SQL Server 2008 – Jump start !

If you are interested about the latest offerings in SQL Server 2008 …

A complete set of training material has been released by Microsoft – which is free to access and download. There are 05 tracks available
 
1) Overview
2) Database Infrastructure
3) Business Intelligence track
4) Developer track (software + service)
5) Application compatibility and upgrade
 
Also, the virtual [...]

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Windows Azure: Introducing cloud computing !

Microsoft has recently announced Windows Azure at the PDC 08. The Azure Services Platform aligns with the Microsoft vision of Software-plus-Services and overall services strategy by offering a transformation in connecting devices, business, productivity, and software

What’s new
It’s about getting your services hosted. These services include SQL Services i.e. hosting your databases, which will be fairly cool!. I’m [...]

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