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The Remote Data Service documentation includes the following pieces.
| Piece | Description |
| Getting Started | Explains how to install Remote Data Service and gives a brief tour of the product and documentation. |
| Tutorial | Show how to build simple, data-aware Web applications. |
| Developer's Guide | Discusses Remote Data Service technology in greater detail. It describes the architectural underpinnings, components, and data flow mechanisms, and how to customize the RDS server-side components. |
| API Reference | Provides reference topics for all of the Remote Data Service objects, methods, and properties, including syntax, quick reference information, and code examples. |
| Sample applications | Demonstrates how to use Remote Data Service to build intranet and Internet applications. |
| Readme.txt | Explains how to install the Remote Data Service client and server components and specifies the hardware and software requirements. It also provides late-breaking product information not included in the core documentation, and lists known problems. |
For technical support on Remote Data Service, the following options are available.
In the United States and Canada, Microsoft Technical Support provides Pay-Per-Incident, call back only support for the Remote Data Service.
You can visit the Remote Data Service home page on the World Wide Web for documentation updates and information about other related technologies. The address is http://www.microsoft.com/adc/.
To facilitate discussion, information sharing, and tips trading, Microsoft has set up a public newsgroup: microsoft.public.adc. You are welcome to post articles and messages to this unmoderated, unsupported newsgroup. Microsoft doesn't guarantee responses or direct support. For more information, visit the Remote Data Service Web site, http://www.microsoft.com/adc/.
You can consult the Microsoft Knowledge Base to access a comprehensive collection of more than 70,000 detailed articles with technical information about Microsoft products, bug and fix lists, and answers to commonly asked technical questions.
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