Summary

Even though the .NET Framework uses a new approach to access data sources (through ADO.NET), it provides COM interoperability services to access previous data access libraries. In this chapter, you learned how to use ADO, ADOX, ADOMD, and OLAP services in managed applications using the COM Interop services.

Messaging service is one more popular topic these days. In the next chapter, you'll get a brief overview of messaging services and learn how you can access them in the .NET Framework.