LINQ to SQL, he and others maintain, is a lightweight data-access technology and would lose its appeal if Microsoft looked to bolster it. As a result, Microsoft has been looking for ways to support ...

LINQ to SQL, he and others maintain, is a lightweight data-access technology and would lose its appeal if Microsoft looked to bolster it. As a result, Microsoft has been looking for ways to support ...

Many database developers have loudly bemoaned Microsoft's decision late last year to marginalize LINQ to SQL in favor of its ADO.NET Entity Framework. Hence there will be no major emphasis on LINQ to ...

Tim Mallalieu, the program manager for both LINQ to SQL and the Entity Framework, says Microsoft anticipated the backlash but maintains both data access interfaces will be better off for this move.

So I'm playing around with Visual Studio 2010 while we think about moving our projects to it, and I was trying to make a new Silverlight 4 app, but when I go to add any kind of of data models (ADO ...

Untangle SQL Server connection strings Today’s README file explains how to create connection strings to SQL Server databases using Visual Studio’s built-in tools.

The LINQ to SQL debugger visualizer is not shipped with Visual Studio 2008, but you can download the source code for it from Scott Guthrie.

Microsoft released Visual Studio 2022 17.8 Preview 3. This version is focused mainly on addressing community feedback and resolved almost 100 tickets. Additionally, there are some new features: an ...

DevOps got some serious attention in the recent release of Microsoft's Visual Studio Enterprise Edition 2017 (VSE17). The Redmond software maker took another step toward its goal of driving DevOps ...