Astoria

You might recall last year's introduction of the ADO.NET Entity Framework and the Channel 9 discussion of this new managed data framework with Technical Lead Pablo Castro, Product Unit Manager Britt Johnston, and Principal Architect Michael Pizzo. The ADO.NET team just released Beta 2 of the…

Meet Pablo Castro one of the folks behind Astoria.  Astoria exposes "data services" that enable applications to access and manipulate data over regular HTTP connections, using URIs to identify pieces of information within the data service, and simple payload formats such as XML and…

For V1 of ADO.NET Data Services (aka Project Astoria) we introduced a process we called Transparent Design.   The point of this was to make sure we got the design of our features out to users early enough so we could get feedback that we could act on.   Here is a couple of…

This is a recording of the US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners covering .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 held on August 20, 2008 in Reston, Va. This presentation is a demo focused walkthrough of the new features and functionality in SP1.  You will see demonstrations that will include:…

In the latest episode of my Microsoft Conversations series I talked with Pablo Castro about Astoria, a layer of middleware that makes data readable and writeable by means of a RESTful interface. Even if you don't know or care about the buzzwords, it's easy to show what Astoria does and to…

Michèle Leroux Bustamante is chief architect of IDesign Inc., Microsoft Regional Director for San Diego, and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Connected Systems. At IDesign, Michèle provides training, mentoring, and high-end architecture consulting services focusing on Web services,…

Here's a very practical geekSpeak that's loaded with tips on how to incorporate LINQ into existing architectures and applications. Our guest Jim Wooley has a longtime background with databases, coming out of the Access and Foxpro world. He shares his insights about how the advent of LINQ brings…

Josh Holmes caught up with Wally McClure of the ASP.NET Podcast at DevLink and talked about Ajax and Astoria.

You can count on there being some great sessions in Open Space at MIX. Tim Kulp sent me a link to his blog with a good idea for a session. He wants to discuss how to use the Microsoft technology stack to build applications to HHS/CMS standards. One great thing about the Open Space format is that you…

Please use this page for all questions and comments related to this session. Visit http://sessions.visitmix.com for session recordings as they become available.Accessing Windows Live Services via AtomPubSpeakers: Pablo CastroDescription: Come learn how Microsoft is moving towards a unified approach…