Chapter 19. Server Explorer

The Server Explorer is one of the few tool windows in Visual Studio that is not specific to a solution or project. It allows you to explore and query hardware resources and services on local or remote computers. You can perform various tasks and activities with these resources, including adding them to your applications.

The Server Explorer, shown in Figure 19-1, has two sets of functionalities. The first, under the Data Connections node, enables you to work with all aspects of data connections, and includes the ability to create databases, add and modify tables, build relationships, and even execute queries. Chapter 22 covers the Data Connections functionality in detail. The second set of functionalities is under the Servers node and is explored in the remainder of this chapter.

Figure 19.1. Figure 19-1