With the standard ADO.NET and Entity Framework interfaces and advanced design-time, dotConnect providers for cloud applications offer the fastest way to create .NET applications, working with cloud data. You can define your connection in a design-time wizard, bind data-display controls with dotConnect components and configure all the data access visually in few minutes.

Local SQL Engine dotConnect providers for cloud data sources have local SQL engine that allows you to select data with standard SQL SELECT statements and modify data with INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statement. They allow you to work with cloud data via SQL, just like with database data, instead of learning complex web API.

Entity Framework Support dotConnect providers for cloud data sources support Entity Framework and allow working with cloud data via LINQ to Entities and Entity SQL. The providers come bundled with their own visual designer for Entity Framework models - Entity Developer.