and data services based on disconnected DataSets and XML.

It is a part of the base class library

that is included with the Microsoft .NET Framework. It is commonly used by programmers to
access and modify data stored in relational database systems, though it can also access data in
non-relational sources. ADO.NET is sometimes considered an evolution of ActiveX Data
Objects (ADO) technology, but was changed so extensively that it can be considered an entirely
new product.

Contents
1 Architecture
2 ADO.NET and Visual Studio
3 ADO.NET and O/R Mapping
o 3.1 LINQ to SQL
4 See also
5 External links

Architecture
Main article: ADO.NET data provider

This technology forms a part of .NET Framework 3.0 (having been part of the framework since
version 1.0)

ADO.NET is conceptually divided into consumers and data providers. The consumers are the
applications that need access to the data, and the providers are the software components that
implement the interface and thereby provide the data to the consumer.

ADO.NET and Visual Studio

Functionality exists in Visual Studio IDE to create specialized subclasses of the DataSet classes
for a particular database schema, allowing convenient access to each field through strongly typed
properties. This helps catch more programming errors at compile-time and enhances the IDE's
Intellisense feature.

ADO.NET and O/R Mapping

Main article: Object-relational mapping
This section requires expansion. (March 2011)

LINQ to SQL

Main article: LINQ to SQL

This section requires expansion. (March 2011)

See also
Comparison of ADO and ADO.NET

External links
ADO.NET

ADO.NET Overview on MSDN

ADO.NET for the ADO Programmer
ADO.NET Connection Strings
ADO.NET Team Blog
List of ADO.NET Providers at databasedrivers.com