Summary
Today you learned how the data access technologies on the Microsoft platform have developed in the last decade and set the stage for the introduction of ADO.NET in the .NET Framework. In addition, you reviewed the managed code environment in which applications written to use ADO.NET will execute. Finally, you saw the ADO.NET architecture from a high level and learned about the fundamental division of ADO.NET into the DataSet and .NET Data Providers.
Tomorrow, you'll actually start working with ADO.NET both graphically and programmatically to learn how it is exposed in Visual Studio .NET.
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