WCF Data Services

WCF Data Services
Original author(s)Microsoft
Initial releaseAugust 11, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-08-11)
Stable release
5.6.0
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Linux, macOS
Websitedocs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/dotnet/wcf-data-services/hh487257(v=vs.103)

WCF Data Services (formerly ADO.NET Data Services,[1] codename "Astoria"[2]) is a platform for what Microsoft calls Data Services. It is actually a combination of the runtime and a web service through which the services are exposed. It also includes the Data Services Toolkit which lets Astoria Data Services be created from within ASP.NET itself. The Astoria project was announced at MIX 2007, and the first developer preview was made available on April 30, 2007. The first CTP was made available as a part of the ASP.NET 3.5 Extensions Preview. The final version was released as part of Service Pack 1 of the .NET Framework 3.5 on August 11, 2008. The name change from ADO.NET Data Services to WCF data Services was announced at the 2009 PDC.

  1. ^ "Simplifying our n-tier development platform: making 3 things 1 thing". ADO.NET Data Services Team Blog. 2009-11-17. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
  2. ^ "ADO.NET Data Services CTP Released!". Retrieved 2007-11-12.