ADO.NET Managed Providers announcements

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    Annual SQL Connectivity Customer Survey
    Luiz Fernando Santos

    We view your organization as a key stakeholder in the process that we have to identify areas for future investments for SQL Connectivity components that address major development platforms, including ODBC, ADO.NET, JDBC and PHP. The feedback you provide is valuable and each response will be read and will be treated with utmost confidence. The survey can be found in the link below and will be available until 9th September, 2011 5:00 PM PST. http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22CS45XT9FE/.

    Thanks

     

    Raghu Ram

    SQL Connectivity Group Program Manager

WCF Data Services announcements

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    Latest Releases for WCF Data Services
    Matt Meehan - MSFT

    RTW: 5.4.0

    Prerelease: Coming soon


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    Important: ASP.NET Security Vulnerability
    Andrew Conrad

    Over the weekend the ASP.NET team released a Microsoft Security Advisory about a security vulnerability found in ASP.NET:

     

    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2416728.mspx

    The WCF Data Services team looked into the issue and don’t believe there is any additional exposure to the vulnerability beyond what is exposed by ASP.NET.   However, if the WCF Data Service is hosted in ASP.NET, it is quite possible that the vulnerability is present.  If any users use the ASP.Net encryption logic to hide sensitive information from the client and use that encrypted data to make decisions in the WCF Data Service, they can run into this issue. Below are few examples:

     

    ·         If you use an encrypted cookie to make decisions to which database to connect in CreateDataSource method

    ·         If you use an encrypted cookie to figure out whether the user is an admin rather than using RoleManager in the server

    ·         If you use an encrypted cookie to apply business logic in change/query interceptors

     

    For a complete description of the vulnerability, please read Scottgu’s post on the subject:

     

    http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/09/18/important-asp-net-security-vulnerability.aspx

     

    Andrew Conrad

    WCF Data Services Development Lead

    Microsoft Corp

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    Learn all about the Open Data Protocol (OData) -- the protocol used by WCF Data Services
    Mike Flasko 2

    New to OData?  Go to http://odata.org to learn the nuts and bolts of the protocol, see who is using it today, and learn the scenarios that drove the creation of the protocol. 

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    WCF Data Services Voting Site Now Available!
    Shayne Burgess - MSFT

    The WCF Data Services team is beginning to explore improvements and new features for our next release.  As part of this process, it’s critical that we hear your feedback, as it helps us ensure that what we build actually meets your requirements in real-world scenarios.  To enable this we’ve launched a new site that will allow you to interact more directly with the development team and provide input: http://dataservices.mswish.net .

    The site’s pretty simple and self-explanatory – you can add a new feature request or vote for feature requests that are already there. We hope you’ll try it out and vote on the features you most want to see added.  Finally, as features move from ideas into actual development we’ll post our thoughts and ideas to the team blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/astoriateam

     

    -Mike Flasko

    Lead Program Manager, Microsoft

ADO.NET DataSet announcements

LINQ to SQL announcements

Reactive Extensions (Rx) announcements

  • Link
    Rx tutorials at YOW!
    head.in.the.box

    Has your interest in Rx piqued because of the recent open sourcing (http://rx.codeplex.com/)?
    Do you want to want a first-person account of the history and design philosophy of Rx?
    What about some pair programming with Dr Rebcabin http://rebcabin.wordpress.com/?
    Or hear about using Rx in the real world from our special guest TheMechanicalBride (http://themechanicalbride.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-rx-linq-to-events.html, http://www.yowconference.com.au/general/details.html?speakerId=3541), the longest living Rx user on the planet?
    .....

    Then, sign up for the Rx tutorials at YOW!
    http://www.yowconference.com.au/general/registration.html

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    Rx tutorial with @headinthebox and @xpaulbettsx at QCON
    head.in.the.box

    Here is your chance to learn Rx and interact with @headinthebox and@xpaulbettsx (the co-author of the gentle Category Theory-free introduction to Rx and LINQ) http://qconsf.com/sf2012/presentations/show_presentation.jsp?oid=4602. We'll make the course super hands-on and try to answer all your questions.

    If you sign up using discount code "meij100", we will take you out for drinks afterwards so you can even ask more questions.

    Looking forward to see many of the Rx users in person.


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    Welcome to the Reactive Extensions (Rx) forum
    Rx team

    Reactive Extensions (Rx) is a library available for .NET and developers, used to compose event-based programs using observable sequences and LINQ-style query operators. Visit the Rx product website to download the bits, read more details and watch in depth videos about the technology.

    Feel free to post any questions regarding Rx on this forum.



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    Download Reactive Extensions v2.0
    Rx team

    We're thrilled to announce the availability of Reactive Extensions v2.0 for the following platforms:

    • .NET Framework 4
    • .NET Framework 4.5
    • .NET Framework 4.5 for Windows Store apps
    • Silverlight 5
    • Windows Phone 7.5

    You can download the SDK installer from the Download Center or use NuGet to install the packages.

    More information about the release can be found in this blog post.

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    Download Reactive Extensions v1.x
    Bart De Smet [MSFT]

    We're happy to announce the first official release of Reactive Extensions v1.0 Stable and the latest release of v1.1 Experimental:


ADO.NET Managed Providers announcements

  • Link
    Annual SQL Connectivity Customer Survey
    Luiz Fernando Santos

    We view your organization as a key stakeholder in the process that we have to identify areas for future investments for SQL Connectivity components that address major development platforms, including ODBC, ADO.NET, JDBC and PHP. The feedback you provide is valuable and each response will be read and will be treated with utmost confidence. The survey can be found in the link below and will be available until 9th September, 2011 5:00 PM PST. http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22CS45XT9FE/.

    Thanks

     

    Raghu Ram

    SQL Connectivity Group Program Manager

WCF Data Services announcements

  • Link
    Latest Releases for WCF Data Services
    Matt Meehan - MSFT

    RTW: 5.4.0

    Prerelease: Coming soon


  • Link
    Important: ASP.NET Security Vulnerability
    Andrew Conrad

    Over the weekend the ASP.NET team released a Microsoft Security Advisory about a security vulnerability found in ASP.NET:

     

    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2416728.mspx

    The WCF Data Services team looked into the issue and don’t believe there is any additional exposure to the vulnerability beyond what is exposed by ASP.NET.   However, if the WCF Data Service is hosted in ASP.NET, it is quite possible that the vulnerability is present.  If any users use the ASP.Net encryption logic to hide sensitive information from the client and use that encrypted data to make decisions in the WCF Data Service, they can run into this issue. Below are few examples:

     

    ·         If you use an encrypted cookie to make decisions to which database to connect in CreateDataSource method

    ·         If you use an encrypted cookie to figure out whether the user is an admin rather than using RoleManager in the server

    ·         If you use an encrypted cookie to apply business logic in change/query interceptors

     

    For a complete description of the vulnerability, please read Scottgu’s post on the subject:

     

    http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/09/18/important-asp-net-security-vulnerability.aspx

     

    Andrew Conrad

    WCF Data Services Development Lead

    Microsoft Corp

  • Link
    Learn all about the Open Data Protocol (OData) -- the protocol used by WCF Data Services
    Mike Flasko 2

    New to OData?  Go to http://odata.org to learn the nuts and bolts of the protocol, see who is using it today, and learn the scenarios that drove the creation of the protocol. 

  • Link
    WCF Data Services Voting Site Now Available!
    Shayne Burgess - MSFT

    The WCF Data Services team is beginning to explore improvements and new features for our next release.  As part of this process, it’s critical that we hear your feedback, as it helps us ensure that what we build actually meets your requirements in real-world scenarios.  To enable this we’ve launched a new site that will allow you to interact more directly with the development team and provide input: http://dataservices.mswish.net .

    The site’s pretty simple and self-explanatory – you can add a new feature request or vote for feature requests that are already there. We hope you’ll try it out and vote on the features you most want to see added.  Finally, as features move from ideas into actual development we’ll post our thoughts and ideas to the team blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/astoriateam

     

    -Mike Flasko

    Lead Program Manager, Microsoft

ADO.NET DataSet announcements

LINQ to SQL announcements

Reactive Extensions (Rx) announcements

  • Link
    Rx tutorials at YOW!
    head.in.the.box

    Has your interest in Rx piqued because of the recent open sourcing (http://rx.codeplex.com/)?
    Do you want to want a first-person account of the history and design philosophy of Rx?
    What about some pair programming with Dr Rebcabin http://rebcabin.wordpress.com/?
    Or hear about using Rx in the real world from our special guest TheMechanicalBride (http://themechanicalbride.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-rx-linq-to-events.html, http://www.yowconference.com.au/general/details.html?speakerId=3541), the longest living Rx user on the planet?
    .....

    Then, sign up for the Rx tutorials at YOW!
    http://www.yowconference.com.au/general/registration.html

  • Link
    Rx tutorial with @headinthebox and @xpaulbettsx at QCON
    head.in.the.box

    Here is your chance to learn Rx and interact with @headinthebox and@xpaulbettsx (the co-author of the gentle Category Theory-free introduction to Rx and LINQ) http://qconsf.com/sf2012/presentations/show_presentation.jsp?oid=4602. We'll make the course super hands-on and try to answer all your questions.

    If you sign up using discount code "meij100", we will take you out for drinks afterwards so you can even ask more questions.

    Looking forward to see many of the Rx users in person.


  • Link
    Welcome to the Reactive Extensions (Rx) forum
    Rx team

    Reactive Extensions (Rx) is a library available for .NET and developers, used to compose event-based programs using observable sequences and LINQ-style query operators. Visit the Rx product website to download the bits, read more details and watch in depth videos about the technology.

    Feel free to post any questions regarding Rx on this forum.



  • Link
    Download Reactive Extensions v2.0
    Rx team

    We're thrilled to announce the availability of Reactive Extensions v2.0 for the following platforms:

    • .NET Framework 4
    • .NET Framework 4.5
    • .NET Framework 4.5 for Windows Store apps
    • Silverlight 5
    • Windows Phone 7.5

    You can download the SDK installer from the Download Center or use NuGet to install the packages.

    More information about the release can be found in this blog post.

  • Link
    Download Reactive Extensions v1.x
    Bart De Smet [MSFT]

    We're happy to announce the first official release of Reactive Extensions v1.0 Stable and the latest release of v1.1 Experimental: