Data Platform Forums
ADO.NET Entity Framework and LINQ to Entities
Post questions and feedback related to released (RTM) versions of ADO.NET including LINQ support for ADO.NET, object-relational mapping & entity data modeling.
ADO.NET Data Services
Post feedback, questions and suggestions related to released (RTM) versions of ADO.NET Data Services (also known as Project "Astoria").
ADO.NET Data Services (Pre-Release)
Post feedback, questions and suggestions related to pre-release (Alpha Preview, CTP, Beta) versions of ADO.NET Data Services (also known as Project "Astoria").
ADO.NET DataSet
Questions and discussion about data platform development using ADO.NET DataSet and LINQ to DataSet.
ADO.NET Data Providers
Data platform development using classic ADO.NET (v 1.1 and 2.0) and System.Data namespace. For SQL Native Client or related topics, see SQL Server Data Access forum
LINQ to SQL
Questions and discussion about LINQ to SQL. For LINQ to Entities see the "ADO.NET Entity Framework and LINQ to Entities (Pre-release)" forum.
Project code name "Velocity"
Post feedback, questions and suggestions related to future versions of Microsoft project code name "Velocity" distributed cache.
XML and the .NET Framework
Questions and discussion about the processing of XML, XSLT and/or XSD using .NET frameworks, LINQ to XML, and the XML Tools in Visual Studio.
SQL Server Data Access
Forum for data access to SQL Server using SQL Native Client, OLEDB, ODBC, ADO, MDAC, JDBC, SOAP/HTTP or the SQL Server Driver for PHP.
SQL Server Driver for PHP
Forum for the SQL Server Driver for PHP which is designed to enable reliable, scalable integration with SQL Server for PHP applications on the Windows Platform.