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

Objective 2.5: Create an Entity Framework data model

So the only thing that remains is building out a full Entity model. Although the important components needed for the exam are covered in Chapter 1, they are worth repeating because there will certainly be some coverage of the essential components of an EDM on the exam, as well as extensive coverage of what all features are provided by it.

This objective covers how to:

• Structure the data model using Table-per-Type and Table-per-Hierarchy inheritance

• Choose and implement an approach to manage a data model (code first vs. model first vs. database first)

• Implement POCO objects

• Describe a data model by using conceptual schema definitions, storage schema definition, and mapping language (CSDL, SSDL, MSL) ...