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Validation should begin as close to your database as possible: in your Entity Framework entities. Here's how you can integrate validation code into both the entities the Entity Framework generates and the ones you write.
The MVP Summit, from which I've just returned, is a very important event.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 04/01/2012
Microsoft moved to the cores pricing model largely to match its competition and customer demands.
Code First frees you up from the chore of creating databases for your project. Here's a primer on how to do it.
SQL Server 2012 will offer a variety of new features centered on big data, business intelligence and cloud computing.
"General availability" for SQL Server 2012 is scheduled for April 1.
A certain Darwinian evolution is taking place at Microsoft. Some product species are more fit, with better chances for survival. You can understand and work with Microsoft's changes, rather than being passively impacted by them.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 03/01/2012
Microsoft tweaks several cloud-based offerings, lowering prices and upgrading storage and support.
Learn how to publish data in the Windows Azure Marketplace for a monthly income with just a few hours effort.
Eric Vogel covers how to use the Windows 8 local data storage APIs to cache application data.
The absence of foreign key properties in classes adds some challenges to working in disconnected apps.
- By Julie Lerman
- 02/02/2012
By responding to potential threats with thoughtfulness, and a zeal to add value, SQL and Big Data could be big business for Redmond.
- By Andrew J. Brust
- 02/01/2012
SQL Server 2012 will feature three versions, including a new category.
DynamoDB, based on NoSQL, uses solid-state drives to increase speed.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 01/19/2012