ADOMD.NET Overview
ADOMD.NET provides client access to multidimensional data sources, such as Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services (SSAS). Client applications can use ADOMD.NET to connect to multidimensional data sources for retrieving and manipulating data and metadata.
A standard Microsoft .NET Framework data provider, ADOMD.NET is used with other providers that support the XML for Analysis version 1.1 specification to communicate with data sources, using either TCP/IP or HTTP streams to transmit and receive SOAP requests and responses that are compliant with the XML for Analysis specification. Data can then be retrieved in a multidimensional format and examined using the ADOMD.NET object model. Using ADOMD.NET, you also can view and manipulate metadata, KPIs, and mining models in two ways: by retrieving OLE DB-compliant schema rowsets or by using the ADOMD.NET object model.