What is Microsoft® Codename “Dallas”?
Microsoft® Codename “Dallas” is a community technology preview (CTP) of a Windows Azure and SQL Azure-powered Information service that provides developers and information workers access to third party premium data sets and web services. “Dallas” also enables self-service business intelligence and analytics over stored data sets using existing Microsoft technologies. With the power and scale of the Windows Azure platform (Windows Azure, SQL Azure Database), “Dallas” provides developers with the ability to build and manage innovative applications across the desktop and mobile devices by bringing together disparate sets of private and public data, both on premises and in the cloud, via a single marketplace. “Dallas” enables developers to access complex data sets to build entirely new analytic and reporting scenarios. And content providers are able to expose their data to millions of developers on a global level enabling new growth and revenue opportunities. And with support for OData, “Da
