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.
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Creating Data Applications
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Discusses aspects of incorporating data access functionality into your applications.
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Windows Communication Foundation Services and WCF Data Services in Visual Studio
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Describes the tools available for creating Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and WCF Data Services applications in Visual Studio.
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Visual Database Tools
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Describes the tools available for creating and maintaining Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle databases.
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Creating and Managing Databases and Data-tier Applications in Visual Studio
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Describes data-tier applications and database features in Visual Studio.
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Creating SQL Server Objects in Managed Code
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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.
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Editing Database Scripts and Objects with the Transact-SQL Editor
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Describes how to use the Transact-SQL editor to author, validate, and execute Transact-SQL in Visual Studio.
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Chart Controls
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Provides links and information that describe incorporating charts into applications.
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Microsoft Reports
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Provides links to topics that describe working with ReportViewer controls.
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What's New in Data Application Development
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Discusses data access features that are new in Visual Studio.
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Windows Forms Data Architecture
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Provides topics on how data binding works in Windows Forms and how to bind controls to a data source.
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ADO.NET
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Describes the ADO.NET architecture and how to use the ADO.NET classes to manage application data and interact with data sources and XML.
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ADO.NET Entity Framework
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Describes how to create data applications that allow developers to program against a conceptual model instead of directly against a relational database.
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ADO.NET Entity Data Model Tools
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Describes how to use the Entity Data Model Tools, which are provided by the Entity Framework, to create applications.
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WCF Data Services
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Describes how to use WCF Data Services to deploy data services on the Web or an intranet that implement the Open Data Protocol (OData).
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XML Documents and Data
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Provides an overview to a comprehensive and integrated set of classes that work with XML documents and data in the .NET Framework.
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ASP.NET Data Access
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Provides topics on the issues associated with data binding in Web Forms pages and how to bind controls to a data source.
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Debugging SQL
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Provides information about debugging SQL Server stored procedures, functions, and triggers.
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Data in Office Solutions
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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.
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Deploying Applications and Components
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Provides links to procedural, conceptual, and step-by-step topics about component deployment.
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LINQ (Language-Integrated Query)
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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.
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XML Tools in Visual Studio
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Discusses working with XML data, debugging XSLT, .NET Framework XML features, and architecture of XML Query.
