1. Visual Studio + SQL Server Is Better
Børge Hansen

2. Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition
ADO.Net Entity Framework
ADO.Net Data services
Sync Services for ADO.Net

3. VSTS Database Edition Source control of all database objects.
Code Analysis on T-SQL code
Dependency tree
Unit testing
Refactoring
Data compare/Schema compare

4. VSTS Database Edition Edit Refactor Compare Database Project Deploy
Build
Data Generation
Test
Compare

5. DEMO

6. ADO.Net Entity Framework

7. LINQ to * LINQ to Object LINQ to Entities LINQ to SQL LINQ to XML
LINQ to [YourToolHere]

9. ADO.Net Entity Framework

10. Object Services

11. Models, Mapping and Objects

12. DEMO

13. ADO.Net Data Services

14. ADO.Net Data Services High-level Model Uniform URI’s Flexible Formats
Entity Data Model
First-class entities, associations
Uniform URI’s
Entities as resources
Filter, sort, navigate, paging
Flexible Formats
Plain XML
JSON
Atom

15. ADO.Net Data Services Data Exchange
Retrieving data
Generic URIs: /Customers!123/SalesOrders
Operations: /CustomersByState?state=WA
Options: sorting, paging, navigation
Storing data
Simply use HTTP PUT, POST, DELETE
Same URIs: PUT to /Customers!123

16. DEMO

17. Sync Services for ADO.NET
In Beta Now – ships with SQL Server Compact 3.5, VS 2008
Works with VS 2005, .NET FX 2.0
Builds on ADO.NET skills, Developer Productivity w/many features of Merge Replication
Visual Studio 2008
RAD configuration of Sync Services and SQL Server Compact
SQL Server 2008
Integrated change tracking making SQL Server 2008 your best server

18. ADO.Net Data access DataAdapter Server DB Forms SelectCommand
InsertCommand
Server DB
Connection
Forms
UpdateCommand
DeleteCommand

19. Sync Services for ADO.NET
Select Incremental Inserts
Select Incremental Updates
SyncAdapter
DataAdapter
Select Incremental Deletes
InsertCommand
Server DB
Connection
Forms
UpdateCommand
DeleteCommand
Select Conflict Updated Rows…
Select Conflict Deleted Rows…

20. Sync Services for ADO.NET
Select Incremental Inserts
SyncAdapter
Select Incremental Deletes
InsertCommand
UpdateCommand
DeleteCommand
Connection
Select Incremental Updates
Select Conflict Updated Rows…
Select Conflict Deleted Rows…
Server DB
Forms
SQL Server Compact
3.5

21. What it is: Where it’s deployed Scenarios
Very small (~1MB) embedded, in-proc database
Nice subset of SQL Server types and SQL dialect
Does not have: Stored Procs, Views, Xquery
Why limit programming to T-SQL when you have managed code
What it is:
Mobile & Embedded devices
Windows Vista, Media Center PC, MSN Client, ZUNE, Windows Media Player, …
Default Local/Client database offering in VS 2008
Where it’s deployed
Local online / offline cache
Local, stand alone application database
Persistent data manager for In-Memory database
Structured document format for custom apps
Scenarios

22. Delivering an OCS Vision
VS 2005 SP1
Visual Studio 2008
SQL Server 2008
SQL Server Compact Edition
Enable Desktop Clients
Easy to deploy and redistribute
Sync Services for ADO.NET
Includes Agent, SQLce Provider, configurable server provider
Adds sync capabilities to familiar ADO.NET syntax
Visual Studio 2008
Sync Designer
Automates config of client & server
Generates code to query server for sync information
SQL Server 2008
Includes SQL Server 2008 provider
Improves performance
Simplifies developmen
Integrated Change Tracking

23. More on... Visual Studio Team System 2008
Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 Beta
ADO.NET Entity Framework Overview
ADO.NET Data Services
Microsoft Sync Framework Developer Center