Connecting to Microsoft Office 365

Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to Microsoft Office 365 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 Microsoft Office 365 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 Microsoft Office 365 supports Visual Studio versions 2012 and above.

.NET Version Support

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Microsoft Office 365 supports .NET Framework 4.0 and above as well as .NET Standard 2.0.

Microsoft Office 365 Version Support

All hosted versions of Microsoft Office 365 are supported via the microsoft Graph API v1.0. Includes information accessible from 365 editions of Exchange/Outlook, Teams, Tasks, and OneDrive.

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 Microsoft Office 365 connection.
• See Using SSRS to connect to Microsoft Office 365 and create real-time reports.
• See Using DbProviderFactory to connect to Microsoft Office 365 from generic ADO.NET code.