ADO.NET provides consistent access to data sources such as Microsoft SQL Server, as well as data sources exposed through OLE DB and XML. Data-sharing consumer applications can use ADO.NET to connect to these data sources and retrieve, manipulate, and update data. ADO.NET cleanly factors data access from data manipulation into discrete components that can be used separately, or in tandem. ADO.NET includes .NET Framework data providers for connecting to a database, executing commands, and retrieving results. Those results can be presented to the database users in any number of ways. In this tutorial, Mark Long shows you, step by step, how to take advantage of ADO.NET’s functionality to enhance your network’s productivity. To get started today, simply click one of the movie topics below.