Data Access Guidance Published

Data Access Guidance Published: On 9/11 we published a new* set of pages on MSDN offering guidance for getting started with data access in ASP.NET. If you're already using ASP.NET, parts of these pages will just repeat what you already know or take for granted, but a few parts contain recommendations that are new for ASP.NET 4.5. These pages clearly identify which technologies are still available and supported but are no longer part of Microsoft's strategic direction, such that you should think twice before choosing them if you're creating something new. One page provides help setting up SQL Server connection strings. Here are links to the new pages, with a sampling of what you can find in them: ASP.NET Data Access Content Map Links to Internet resources for data...(read more)

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