The information in this article covers the new data access objects including the DataSet and DataAdapter classes in ADO.NET.

Information on the Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.0 (formerly WinFX) technologies.

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Discusses type fundamentals. Starts off by introducing primitive types and then quickly moves on to reference types and value types. By Jeffrey Richter, MSDN Magazine.

Connect to a Microsoft Access database using C# and ADO.NET code-behind by Martin Tracy.

The article discusses access SQL Server data using ADO. By Microsoft.

This article discusses enhancements to the Microsoft Foundation Classes for new Windows Vista APIs, preparing applications for "User Account Control" and marshaling native and Common Language Runtime types.

Discusses features of ASP.NET. By Dave Sussman, MSDN Magazine.

Explains the uses ASP.NET session state to overcome some of the limitations of classic ASP, with code and configuration examples. By Rob Howard, Microsoft.

Describes the use of metadata for easy linking and loading of assemblies, the relationship between metadata and concepts such as IDL and type libraries, and the metadata hierarchy. By Matt Pietrek, MSDN Magazine.