Most applications revolve around reading and updating information in databases. To enable data integration in distributed, scalable applications, Visual Studio provides support for integrating data into your applications.
- Creating Data Applications
Discusses aspects of incorporating data access functionality into your applications.
- Windows Communication Foundation Services and WCF Data Services in Visual Studio
Describes the tools available for creating Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and WCF Data Services applications in Visual Studio.
- Visual Database Tools
Describes the tools available for creating and maintaining Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle databases.
- Creating and Managing Databases and Data-tier Applications in Visual Studio
Describes data-tier applications and database features in Visual Studio.
- Creating SQL Server Objects in Managed Code
Provides links to topics that describe what SQL Server projects are, how to create them, and how to add and create SQL Server database objects.
- Editing Database Scripts and Objects with the Transact-SQL Editor
Describes how to use the Transact-SQL editor to author, validate, and execute Transact-SQL in Visual Studio.
- Chart Controls
Provides links and information that describe incorporating charts into applications.
- Microsoft Reports
Provides links to topics that describe working with ReportViewer controls.
- What's New in Data Application Development
Discusses data access features that are new in Visual Studio.
- Windows Forms Data Architecture
Provides topics on how data binding works in Windows Forms and how to bind controls to a data source.
- Entity Data Model
Provides details for working with Entity Data Models.
- ADO.NET Entity Data Model Tools
Describes how to use the Entity Data Model Tools, which are provided by the Entity Framework, to create applications.
- ASP.NET Data Access
Provides topics on the issues associated with data binding in Web Forms pages and how to bind controls to a data source.
- Debugging SQL
Provides information about debugging SQL Server stored procedures, functions, and triggers.
- Data in Office Solutions
Contains links to topics that explain how data works in Office solutions. This includes information about schema-oriented programming, data caching, and server-side data access.
- Deploying Applications and Components
Provides links to procedural, conceptual, and step-by-step topics about component deployment.
- Language-Integrated Query (LINQ)
Describes the query capabilities built into C# and Visual Basic, and the common model for querying relational databases, XML documents, datasets, and in-memory collections.
- XML Tools in Visual Studio
Discusses working with XML data, debugging XSLT, .NET Framework XML features, and architecture of XML Query.