Data Platform Almost every application needs to interact with data. In this unit, you'll learn about the enhancements to the .NET Framework's data access technologies including ADO.NET Entity Framework and OData protocol support. Hands-On Labs Building Applications and Services Using Open Data Protocol Throughout this hands-on lab you will understand the ecosystem that provides Open Data Protocol (OData), how to create OData feeds over SQL Server and how to import OData feeds for Silverlight applications. Videos ADO.NET Data Services and ADO.NET Entity Framework There's lots of great new capabilities in the ADO.NET technologies in .NET Framework 4, including paging capabilities in ADO.NET Data Services and support for different development methods (model-first, code-only, etc.) in ADO.NET Entity Framework. In this video, Jonathan Carter highlights these exciting new features.