DevForce 2010 Universal Features
DevForce Universal
Professional Enterprise
Persistence / Business Objects
Number of Entity Types
Up to 100 Unlimited
Visual Studio 2010, .NET 4, Silverlight 4
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Full Entity Framework Integration
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POCO (Plain Old CLR Object) Support
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Full LINQ – including subqueries, aggregation, and projections
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Single domain model for Silverlight, WPF, WinForms, & ASP.NET
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Client-side Caching
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Disconnected and Offline Operation
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Span Queries
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Inheritance and Polymorphic Queries
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Asynchronous Queries – both parallel and serial
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Dynamic Query Composition
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Validation/Verification Engine
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Localization Support
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Property and Query Interception and Modification
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Object Lifecycle Events
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Dynamic Live Lists
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DataSource and DataPager Support
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Customizable T4 code generation templates
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Database
Stored Procedures, Triggers, Views
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Custom ID Generators
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Pass-through Entity SQL
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Multi-database
(Cross-database Relations, Distributed Transactions)
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(Cross-database Relations, Distributed Transactions)
Standard Business Object Server
N-Tier Internet Deployment
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Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
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IIS Integration
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Windows Service Server & Console Server
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Hosts Silverlight & Windows Clients on Same Service
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ASP.NET Membership, Roles, and
Profiles Integration
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Profiles Integration
Network Data Compression (10:1 typical)
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Remote Procedure/Method Calls
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Server-side Events
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SSL / Encryption
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Multi-tenant Support
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Data Center Business Object Server (purchased separately)
Supports enterprise-class scalability, high availability, and security for running business-critical applications.
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Clustering & Load Balancing
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Fault Tolerance & Fail-over
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Distributed Transactions
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"Push" Data Updates to Clients
(Not yet available on Silverlight)
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(Not yet available on Silverlight)
Advanced Authentication Scenarios
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Resources
Take the DevForce Developer's Tour
See how easy it is to build your first DevForce Silverlight
application.
Beyond the Entity Framework
Learn how DevForce extends the Microsoft Entity Framework
DevForce Prism Explorer
Explore a DevForce Silverlight application in a modular, decoupled fashion with Prism.
Documentation
