A list of few MSDN webcasts that are lined up in this month to enhance your knowledge in ADO.NET :

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MSDN Webcast: ADO.NET Step by Step (Part 1 of 4): Getting Started (Level 200) - Wednesday, May 9, 2007. 9:00 A.M.–10:00 A.M. Pacific Time

This webcast series is based on Microsoft ADO.NET Step by Step, by Rebecca M. Riordan (Microsoft Press, 2002). In this first session, we provide an overview of ADO.NET, the data-access component of the Microsoft .NET Framework. We explain how ADO.NET works with almost any component on nearly every platform that understands XML. We also discuss the database functionality of Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET. Attend this session to start working with ADO.NET right away with easy-to-grasp examples drawn from the real-world challenges developers face every day. Learn how you can take advantage of the ADO.NET object model to develop data-bound Windows Forms and Web Forms, and see an example of binding data to a simple Windows Form. We explore how ADO.NET interacts with XML and describe how to access older versions of ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) from the .NET Framework environment. Join us for insightful tips and expert explanations of how ADO.NET can help you accelerate development productivity, build faster applications, and deliver more powerful results.

MSDN Webcast: ADO.NET Step by Step (Part 1 of 4): Getting Started (Level 200)

 

MSDN Webcast: ADO.NET Step by Step (Part 2 of 4): Creating Connections (Level 200) - Wednesday, May 16, 2007. 10:00 A.M.–11:00 A.M. Pacific Time

This webcast series is based on Microsoft ADO.NET Step by Step, by Rebecca M. Riordan (Microsoft Press, 2002). In this second session, we further explore ADO.NET, the data-access component of the Microsoft .NET Framework, by examining connections to data:

·         How they are made.

·         Connection properties.

·         Methods for manipulating connections.

·         Handling events raised by connections.

We also discuss the database functionality of Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET. Attend this session to start working with ADO.NET right away with easy-to-grasp examples drawn from the real-world challenges developers face every day. Learn how you can use the ADO.NET object model to develop data-bound Windows Forms and Web Forms, and see an example of binding data to a simple Windows Form. We explain how ADO.NET interacts with XML and how to access older versions of ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) from the .NET Framework. Join us for insightful tips and expert explanations of how ADO.NET can help you accelerate development productivity, build faster applications, and deliver more powerful results.

MSDN Webcast: ADO.NET Step by Step (Part 2 of 4): Creating Connections (Level 200)

 

MSDN Webcast: ADO.NET Step by Step (Part 3 of 4): Data Commands and the DataReader (Level 200) - Wednesday, May 23, 2007. 9:00 A.M.–10:00 A.M. Pacific Time

This webcast series is based on Microsoft ADO.NET Step by Step, by Rebecca M. Riordan (Microsoft Press, 2002). In this third session, we further explore ADO.NET, the data-access component of the Microsoft .NET Framework, by examining a basic foundational element in ADO.NET: the DataReader. Learn how to retrieve recordsets from databases using the ADO.NET DataReader and how to manipulate the data with commands. We discuss the database functionality of Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET. Attend this session to start working with ADO.NET right away with easy-to-grasp examples drawn from the real-world challenges developers face every day. Find out how you can use the ADO.NET object model to develop data-bound Windows Forms and Web Forms. We explain how ADO.NET interacts with XML and describe how to access older versions of ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) from the .NET Framework environment. Join us for insightful tips and expert explanations of how ADO.NET can help you accelerate development productivity, build faster applications, and deliver more powerful results.

MSDN Webcast: ADO.NET Step by Step (Part 3 of 4): Data Commands and the DataReader (Level 200)

 

MSDN Webcast: ADO.NET Step by Step (Part 4 of 4): The DataAdapter (Level 200) - Wednesday, May 30, 2007. 9:00 A.M.–10:00 A.M. Pacific Time

This webcast series is based on Microsoft ADO.NET Step by Step, by Rebecca M. Riordan (Microsoft Press, 2002). In this fourth session, we further explore ADO.NET, the data-access component of the Microsoft .NET Framework, by examining how the DataAdapter facilitates the communication between the DataSet and the database. Learn how the DataSet provides methods to select, insert, update, and delete data that has been changed or added to the database. We also discuss the database functionality of Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET. Attend this session to start working with ADO.NET right away with easy-to-grasp examples drawn from the real-world challenges developers face every day. Learn how you can use the ADO.NET object model to develop data-bound Windows Forms and Web Forms. We explain how ADO.NET interacts with XML and how to access older versions of ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) from the .NET Framework environment. Join us for insightful tips and expert explanations of how ADO.NET can help you accelerate development productivity, build faster applications, and deliver more powerful results.

MSDN Webcast: ADO.NET Step by Step (Part 4 of 4): The DataAdapter (Level 200)

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If you are worried that you are going to miss the above webcasts, don't worry you can view them again by looking at further on-demand webcasts that are available here: http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/technetsqlserver2005.mspx