Exam Ref 70-487: Developing Windows Azure and Web Services

Chapter 2. Querying and manipulating data by using the Entity Framework

This chapter builds on what Chapter 1 covered, but it focuses specifically on LINQ and the Entity Framework (EF). LINQ semantics feature prominently on any exam covering .NET technologies, including the 70-487 exam. You can expect this objective to cover about 20 percent of the questions on the exam.

Objectives in this chapter:

• Objective 2.1: Query and manipulate data by using the Entity Framework

• Objective 2.2: Query and manipulate data by using Data Provider for Entity Framework

• Objective 2.3: Query data by using LINQ to Entities

• Objective 2.4: Query and manipulate data by using ADO.NET

• Objective 2.5: Create an Entity Framework data model