Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 SP1 contains core Data Access components such as the Microsoft SQL Server™ OLE DB provider and ODBC driver.

WCF Data Services 5.0 enables creation and consumption of data services for the Web according to version 3 of the Open Data Protocol (OData), which facilitates data access and change via standard HTTP verbs. WCF Data Services 5.0 includes...

This release includes an updated version of the WCF Data Services libraries that shipped with the .NET Framework 4 and Silverlight 4

This release includes an updated version of the WCF Data Services libraries that shipped with the .NET Framework 4 and Silverlight 4

This video shows how to customize data field appearance and behavior when you use ASP.NET Dynamic Data. See Related Resources for documentation and for a code example that accompanies this video.

In order to leverage the effort to build data mining providers, Microsoft is now shipping this data mining sample provider with source code.

Carl and Richard talk with Scott Hunter on Microsoft's Dynamic Data Runtime, which provides scaffolding and dynamic data services to developers.

This video shows how to customize the UI for displaying, editing, and inserting when you use field templates in an ASP.NET Dynamic Data application. See Related Resources for documentation and for a code example that accompanies this video.

Note: This version of the Data Access Application Block is retired. The Data Access Application Block encapsulates performance and resource management best practices and can easily be used as a building block in your own .NET application. If...