MrDave's (David Yack) Blog!

A CTP of the next version of ADO.NET Data Services is now available that targets .NET 3.5 SP1.   This will be a standalone release and will co-exist with v1 of ADO.NET data services.  Like how MVC released outside of the normal full framework release, I like the idea of these being pushed on a more rapid schedule.  This works really well with newer emerging technologies because it allows the product teams to quicker address then needs of people using them as they hit blockers.

What are the key changes that are interest?

• .NET 3.5 SP1 and Silverlight two-way databinding support
• Ability to get Row Count without having to retrieve all the entities to the client
• Server Driven paging
• Enhanced BLOB support – allow deferred streaming (CTP1 is server only)
• Enhanced custom provider support!

You can read more details including a walkthrough and download links here.