Connecting to Azure Active Directory

Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to Azure Active Directory and configure any necessary connection properties. You can also configure provider capabilities through the available Connection properties, from data modeling to firewall traversal. The Advanced Settings section shows how to set up more advanced configurations and troubleshoot connection errors.

Connecting from Visual Studio

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Azure Active Directory provides a seamless integration with Microsoft Visual Studio. The provider is registered as an ADO.NET provider with Visual Studio, allowing for integration with visual designer tools, Server Explorer, and ADO.NET data source configuration wizards.

Visual Studio Version Support

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Azure Active Directory supports Visual Studio versions 2012 and above.

.NET Version Support

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Azure Active Directory supports .NET Framework 4.0 and above as well as .NET Standard 2.0.

Azure Active Directory Version Support

All hosted versions of Azure Active Directory are supported via the Microsoft Graph API v1.0. The data accessible via the provider includes information accessible from directory management.

See Also

See the following for information about creating connections, building models, and creating real-time reports:

• See Using ADO.NET to create ADO.NET connection objects from code.
• See Using Entity Framework to build an EF model based on the Azure Active Directory connection.
• See Using SSRS to connect to Azure Active Directory and create real-time reports.
• See Using DbProviderFactory to connect to Azure Active Directory from generic ADO.NET code.