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Introducing WCF RIA Services

WCF RIA Services (formerly known as .NET RIA Services) are a recent framework, offered by the System.Windows.Controls.Ria.dll assembly, for exposing data through networks that can then be consumed by Silverlight applications and that typically are implemented as a middle-tier for business applications. In this section you learn how to create a Silverlight business application consuming data from an Entity Data Model exposed through RIA Services.

Data Access and Silverlight

WCF RIA Services provide a well structured and fast way for building a line of business applications, but they are not the only way you can access data from a Silverlight application. Generally speaking, you can implement your logic within a ...