The document discusses various Microsoft technologies for working with data including:
- Entity Framework which provides an object-relational mapper (ORM) for ADO.NET and allows mapping entities and database tables.
- ADO.NET Data Services which exposes data and methods through RESTful web services using OData protocols and supports various data sources.
- Differences between LINQ to SQL and LINQ to Entities where the latter supports more capabilities but both allow querying data with LINQ.