MSDN Wiki Article: Q&A on Open Data Protocol (Odata) by SQL Azure Team Blog

MSDN has created a Q&A article on Odata (Open Data Protocol). OData applies web technologies such as HTTP, Atom Publishing Protocol (AtomPub) and JSON to provide access to information from a variety of applications, services, and stores. As web development...
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Introducing OData: Data Access for the Web, Cloud, Devices, and More by SQL Azure Team Blog

David Chappell recently completed a whitepaper on OData that I encourage you to take a look at. You can view it here , or download a PDF version. David does an outstanding job providing an overview of OData, the problems it solves, practical usage scenarios...
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Consuming OData via JSP in Windows Azure by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

A colleague recently asked me if I knew anything about consuming OData from a Java deployment in Windows Azure. My answer at the time was “no”, but with a quick pointer to http://code.google.com/p/odata4j/ I know the answer would soon change...
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Cloud Data at MIX: SQL Azure, Windows Azure DataMarket, and OData by SQL Azure Team Blog

Yet another great MIX event happened last week on April 12-14 and it was a fantastic opportunity to have personal conversations with web developers about how they're using Microsoft development tools and the Windows Azure platform. For me, MIX was...

Enabling dynamic compression (gzip, deflate) for WCF Data Feeds, OData and other custom services in IIS7 by Scott Hanselman

I'm working on a thing that uses an HttpWebRequest to talk to a backend WCF Data Service and it'd be ideal if the traffic was using HTTP Compression (gzip, deflate, etc). On the client side, it's easy to just add code like this request.AutomaticDecompression...
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SQL Azure - The Year in Review by SQL Azure Team Blog

Happy New Year everybody! The year 2010 was an exciting one for developers, customers, and Microsoft as we all made the dive into the cloud with SQL Azure and the Windows Azure platform. The year 2011 is already shaping up to be even more exciting with...
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The Weekly Source Code 56 - Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit - Code Contracts, Parallel Framework and COM Interop by Scott Hanselman

Do you like a big pile of source code? Well, there is an imperial buttload of source in the Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit . It's actually a 178 meg download, which is insane. Perhaps start your download now and get it in the...
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Consuming SQL Azure Data with the OData SDK for PHP by SQL Azure Team Blog

Brian Swan has just blogged about how to consuming SQL Azure data via SQL Azure OData Service using the OData SDK for PHP . Read: Consuming SQL Azure Data with the OData SDK for PHP . Read More...
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Introduction to Open Data Protocol (OData) and SQL Azure by SQL Azure Team Blog

The Open Data Protocol (OData) is an emerging standard for querying and updating data over the Web. OData is a REST-based protocol whose core focus is to maximize the interoperability between data services and clients that wish to access that data. It...
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OData Basics - At the AZGroups "Day of .NET" with ScottGu by Scott Hanselman

Recently I had the pleasure to speak at the 7th Annual AZGroups.org event in Phoenix , colloquially known as the "Day of ScottGu." Scott talked for about 4 hours or so, then Jeffrey Palermo, then myself. Tough acts to follow! You can view ScottGu's...
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Creating an OData API for StackOverflow including XML and JSON in 30 minutes by Scott Hanselman

I emailed Jeff Atwood last night a one line email. "You should make a StackOverflow API using OData." Then I realized that, as Linus says, Talk is Cheap, Show me the Code. So I created an initial prototype of a StackOverflow API using OData...
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Mix 10 Rollup Post by Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen

Piles of interesting stuff going on at Mix 10 this week. Here's a link rollup with all the details and downloads that you might care about. (As well as a few blatant plugs for my own sessions.) First: Watch Day 1 and Day 2 keynotes on demand. See...
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Hanselminutes Podcast 205 - Open Data Protocol (OData) with Pablo Castro by Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen

My two-hundred-and-fifth podcast is up . Astoria, ADO.NET Data Services and OData - what's the difference and the real story? How does OData work and when should I use it? When do I use OData and when do I use WCF? Scott gets the scoop from the architect...
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