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ODBC DM 3.81 in the Next Release of Windows (code-named Windows “8” and Windows Server “8”)
We’re excited to announce Microsoft ODBC Driver Manager (DM) version 3.81. It will be released...
Date: 04/09/2012
ODBC DSN Management in the Next Release of Windows (code-named Windows “8” and Windows Server “8”)
We’re pleased to announce two new improvements for ODBC Data Source Name (DSN) Management that...
Date: 04/06/2012
Available Today: Preview Release of the SQL Server [C/C++] ODBC Driver for Linux
In our continued commitment to interoperability, we are very excited to announce the availability of...
Date: 11/29/2011
Annual SQL Connectivity Customer Survey
Greetings to the Developer community: Microsoft SQL Server team has been interacting on a regular...
Date: 08/17/2011
Data + Application Services + Sync= “It’s Still All Data” (the new again-expanded Data Developer Center)
Last November, at the start of the 2009 PDC, we launched an expanded Data Developer Center that...
Date: 06/07/2010
Breaking Down ‘Data Silos’ – The Open Data Protocol (OData)
This morning at PDC and on the ADO.NET Data Services team blog, we announced the Open Data Protocol...
Date: 11/17/2009
VS2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 Announced Today!
Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 are now available for download by MSDN...
Date: 10/19/2009
Microsoft wants to hear your opinion
It is this time of the year when our product team takes a step back, reviews the priorities and...
Date: 10/02/2009
ADO.NET Data Services v1.5 CTP2 available for download
ADO.NET Data Services v1.5 CTP2 is now available for download! This is the second tech preview...
Date: 09/01/2009
Announcing the php toolkit for ado.net data services
This morning the Microsoft Interoperability team announced the release of a new project that bridges...
Date: 08/21/2009
ODBC DM 3.80 in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
We’re excited to announce that version 3.8 of the Microsoft ODBC DM (Driver Manager) will be...
Date: 07/06/2009
DataDirect Releases Beta Entity Framework Provider for Oracle
DataDirect has released the much anticipated Beta of their DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET Entity...
Date: 05/01/2009
Database Diagramming Survey
The Data Programmability Tools team is currently running a survey with the goal of prioritizing...
Date: 04/21/2009
Announcing Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver 2.0
We are excited to announce the newest release of the Microsoft SQL Server JDBC Driver! This version...
Date: 04/01/2009
PDC 2008 - Los Angeles, CA - Oct. 27-30
Microsoft's premier developer event, the Professional Developer Conference, is almost here. PDC 2008...
Date: 09/12/2008
Announcing Entity Framework & ADO.NET Data Services RTM!
Announcing Entity Framework & ADO.NET Data Services RTM!We are excited to announce the RTM of...
Date: 08/11/2008
XML Technology and Tools Survey
The Data Programmability XML Tools team is conducting a survey focused on XML technology and tools...
Date: 07/01/2008
Announcing Project Codename "Velocity"
The advances in processors, memory, storage, and connectivity have paved the way for next-generation...
Date: 06/02/2008
Software Development Engineer in Test opening in Data Programmability
The SQL Server JDBC team is running at full speed working on the next JDBC driver for SQL Server. We...
Date: 05/23/2008
Interested in working on the ADO.NET Data Services Framework (aka "Astoria") or XML?
Do you want to work on the next generation of data access APIs for the web? If so, the Astoria and...
Date: 05/20/2008
Entity Framework & Data Services Available in VS2008 SP1 Beta
We are very excited about .NET 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and what this update means for...
Date: 05/12/2008
Program Manager openings in Data Programmability in 2008
We’re gearing up for the next release of the SQL Server, and we are looking for people that...
Date: 04/16/2008
Connecting to Pre-Release Versions of SQL Server 2008 – Part Deux
Since posting on the topic of design-time and runtime connectivity to pre-release versions of SQL...
Date: 04/07/2008
64-bit OLEDB Provider for ODBC (MSDASQL) Is Now Available For Windows Server 2003
We’re pleased to announce that 64-bit MSDASQL for Windows Server 2003 is now available for...
Date: 04/07/2008
Program Manager openings in Data Programmability
We’re gearing up for the next release of the .NET Framework, and we are looking for people...
Date: 03/05/2008
Entity Happenings
I just got back from the h^3 launch event in LA and found a few nifty-cool things waiting for me in...
Date: 02/29/2008
Happy New Year!
From the Data Programmability Team
Date: 01/03/2008
ADO.NET Data Services CTP Released!
The December CTP of ADO.NET Data Services (also known as Project Astoria) has been Released! You can...
Date: 12/10/2007
ADO.NET Entity Framework Beta 3 Released!
Announcing the release of the ADO.NET Entity Framework Beta 3! The ADO.NET Entity Framework Beta 3...
Date: 12/06/2007
Deep EF
The gang at Channel 9 gave me a soapbox for talking about the Entity Data Model, the ADO.NET Entity...
Date: 12/06/2007
Connecting to Pre-Release Versions of SQL Server 2008
Testing has identified some issues connecting to versions of SQL Server 2008 from applications using...
Date: 11/26/2007
SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver v1.2 Official Release
The Microsoft SQL Server JDBC team is proud to announce the general availability of the v1.2 RTW...
Date: 10/12/2007
SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP CTP Announced at ZendCon
This morning, during Harold Goldberg‘s keynote at ZendCon, Bill Staples announced the upcoming...
Date: 10/09/2007
Data Development Bonus Track - Devconnections Fall 2007
There's a new Bonus Track at at DevConnections this Fall! Come and check out sessions in the new...
Date: 09/20/2007
XML Schema Designer CTP1 Released!
The XML team recently announced the release of the long awaited first XML Schema Designer CTP. The...
Date: 08/30/2007
ADO.NET Releases entity Framework Beta 2!
Today the ADO.NET team released Beta 2 of the Entity Framework and the accompanying Entity Framework...
Date: 08/27/2007
Astoria Client Library for Microsoft Silverlight Alpha 1.1
The Astoria Team is happy to announce the availability of an add-on to the Astoria May CTP that...
Date: 07/12/2007
64-bit OLEDB Provider for ODBC (MSDASQL) Available in Longhorn Server, Starting Beta 3
We’re pleased to announce that Longhorn Server Beta 3 will include a 64-bit version of...
Date: 06/05/2007
Data Technologies at Mix '07
There has been a lot of recent coverage on the participation of data technologies at Mix 07 and the...
Date: 05/08/2007
Microsoft’s Data Access Strategy
Over the last 12 months, Microsoft has been talking a lot about two major innovations related to...
Date: 04/29/2007
VSLive Keynote - San Francisco
Britt Johnston, Director, Data Programmability at Microsoft gave a Keynote speech this morning at...
Date: 03/27/2007
Updated 101 LINQ Samples for Orcas March CTP
We've updated the 101 LINQ Samples code to include the 101 LINQ to Entities Samples! Check out the...
Date: 03/13/2007
MSXML4 is going to be kill bit-ed
Our XML team announced this morning that, as a part of our MSXML4 End of Life plan, we will kill bit...
Date: 03/12/2007
Data Access API of the Day - Part IV (Programming to the Conceptual Model…)
Welcome to Part IV of Data Access API of the Day; a brief history of the evolution of...
Date: 01/23/2007
Data Access API of the Day Part III – Disconnected Programming in a Managed Environment
Welcome to Part III of DataAccess API of the Day; a brief history of the evolution of...
Date: 12/22/2006
Data Access API of the Day Part II – Componentizing Data Access
Welcome to Part II of Data Access API of the Day; a brief history of the evolution of...
Date: 12/13/2006
Data Access API of the Day, Part I
Why does it seem like Microsoft is coming up with a new Data Access API every time you turn around?...
Date: 12/05/2006
Data Access Virtual Labs
MSDN Virtual Labs allows customers to quickly evaluate or learn how to build applications through a...
Date: 11/16/2006