Hands On Lab: Building Your First Semantic Model with the ADO.NET Entity Framework Version: 1.0 Description This Hands On Lab covers how to build a semantic model to enable query and analysis using the ADO.NET Entity Framework. Overview This lab creates an ADO.NET Entity Data Model and exposes it via a WCF Data Service. Objectives The objectives of this exercise are to: Create an ADO.NET Entity Data Model Expose the ADO.NET Entity Data Model as a data service Consume the data service using Internet Explorer System Requirements You must have installed the following items to complete this lab: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express or higher: Database Engine SQL Server AdventureWorks2008 R2 sample databases AdventureWorks Data Warehouse 2008R2 Visual Studio 2010 SP1: Visual C# Setup All the requisites for this lab are verified using the Configuration Wizard. To make sure that everything is correctly configured, follow these steps. Note: To perform the setup steps you need to run the scripts in a command window with administrator privileges. Launch the Configuration Wizard for this lab by double-clicking the Dependencies.dep file located under the Source\Setup folder of this lab. Install any pre-requisites that are missing (rescanning if necessary) and complete the wizard. Cleanup There is no need to cleanup if you intend to continue the sequence of labs in this training kit. To remove the data service and restore the original state of the AdventureWorksDW2008R2 database, execute the Cleanup.cmd script located under the Setup folder in the Source folder of this lab. Exercises This Hands-On Lab comprises the following exercise: Delivering a WCF Data Service Estimated time to complete this lab: 15 minutes. next >

Downloads Download The Offline Training Kit Download Hands-on Lab Document (DOCX) Download Hands-on Lab Source Files Contents Overview Exercise 1: Delivering a WCF Data Service Summary