ADO.NET Provider Overview

• DataBind to Dynamics 365 Sales using standard Visual Studio wizards.
• Comprehensive support for CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) operations.
• An easy-to-use 'flattened' interface for working with Dynamics 365 Sales databases.

The Dynamics 365 Sales ADO.NET Provider offers the most natural way to access Dynamics 365 Sales data from any .NET application. Simply use Dynamics 365 Sales Data Provider objects to connect and access data just as you would access any traditional database. You will be able to use the Dynamics 365 Sales Data Provider through Visual Studio Server Explorer, in code through familiar classes, and in data controls like DataGridView, GridView, DataSet, etc.

Using the Dynamics 365 Sales Provider

The Dynamics 365 Sales Data Provider wraps the complexity of accessing Dynamics 365 Sales services in an easy-to-integrate, fully managed ADO.NET Data Provider. Applications then access Dynamics 365 Sales through the Dynamics 365 Sales Data Provider with simple Transact-SQL.

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Dynamics 365 Sales hides the complexity of accessing data and provides additional powerful security features, smart caching, batching, socket management, and more.

Working with DataAdapters, DataSets, DataTables, etc.

The Dynamics 365 Sales Data Provider has the same ADO.NET architecture as the native .NET data providers for SQL Server and OLEDB, including Dynamics 365 SalesConnection, Dynamics 365 SalesCommand, Dynamics 365 SalesAdapter, Dynamics 365 SalesDataReader, Dynamics 365 SalesDataSource, Dynamics 365 SalesParameter, etc. Because of this you can now access Dynamics 365 Sales data in an easy, familiar way.

More Than Read-Only: Full Update/CRUD Support

Dynamics 365 Sales Data Provider goes beyond read-only functionality to deliver full support for Create, Read, Update, and Delete operations (CRUD). Your end-users can interact with the data presented by the Dynamics 365 Sales Data Provider as easily as interacting with a database table.

Driver Features

• Fully managed .NET: 100% fully managed ADO.NET libraries supporting .NET Standard, .NET Core 2.0, & Xamarin.

• Developer Friendly: Seamless integration with all versions of Visual Studio.

• Powerful ADO.NET Features: Including support for ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 5 & 6), ADO.NET 2.0, LINQ to Datasets, etc.

• Replication and Caching: Our replication and caching commands make it easy to copy data to local and cloud data stores such as Oracle, SQL Server, Google Cloud SQL, etc. The replication commands include many features that allow for intelligent incremental updates to cached data.

• String, Date, Numeric SQL Functions: The driver includes a library of 50 plus functions that can manipulate column values into the desired result. Popular examples include Regex, JSON, and XML processing functions.

• Collaborative Query Processing: Our drivers enhance the data source's capabilities by additional client-side processing, when needed, to enable analytic summaries of data such as SUM, AVG, MAX, MIN, etc.

• Easily Customizable and Configurable: The data model exposed by our ADO.NET Providers can easily be customized to add or remove tables/columns, change data types, etc. without requiring a new build. These customizations are supported at runtime using human-readable schema files that are easy to edit.

• Secure Connectivity: Includes standard Enterprise-class security features such as TLS/ SSL data encryption for all client-server communications.

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