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Technical articles in the MDAC 2.5 SDK have been updated and edited to bring information up to date and present information more clearly. If you are looking for articles you have seen in previous releases, this document will help you locate the articles or find equivalent information.

Previously available articles	Current location of information
Accessing Data from Multiple Sources with UDA Technologies OLE DB/ADO: Making Universal Data Access a Reality Data Access Technologies Microsoft Strategy for Universal Data Access What's New (and Improved) in Microsoft Data Access 2.0 What's New in ADO 2.0 Data Access for the Masses Through OLE DB	You can find information previously presented in these articles in more up-to-date and accessible form in the following four introductory articles: What Are the MDAC Technologies? MDAC Technology Features MDAC Distribution, Past and Present Choosing MDAC Components
Redistributing Microsoft Data Access Components	If you are working with previous redistributable versions of MDAC, contact Microsoft Product Support Services for help. See the Fullredist.txt or Mdaceula.txt Help file for information on redistribution and on the End User License Agreement, which covers user obligations. For information about specific release contents, see the MDAC Release Manifests on the Microsoft Data Access Web site.
Implementing ADO with Various Development Languages: The ADO Rosetta Stone	Information previously presented in this document is now available in Programming with ADO in the ADO documentation in the MDAC SDK.
Windows Foundation Classes for Java and ADO/WFC	The information covered in this article is now incorporated in ADO for Windows Foundation Classes in the ADO documentation in the MDAC SDK.
What Are the Objects in the ADO Object Model?	The information covered in this article is now presented more completely and in context in ADO Object Model in the ADO documentation in the MDAC SDK.
How Do I Use the Connection Object?	The information covered in this article is now presented more completely and in context in Connection Object in the ADO documentation in the MDAC SDK.
Extracting Error Information from ADO in Visual Basic	Information in this article was obsolete or more completely covered in Error Object in the ADO documentation in the MDAC SDK.
Using Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) via Visual Basic	Information in this article was obsolete or more completely covered in Using ADO with Microsoft Visual Basic in the ADO documentation in the MDAC SDK.
ADO and SQL Server Developer's Guide	Information in this article was obsolete. For a more complete and up-to-date presentation, see the SQL Server documentation. In the MSDN Library, click Data Access Services and open Microsoft SQL Server Programmer's Toolkit. Under Building SQL Server Applications, see the sections under ADO and SQL Server.
Understanding ODBC and OLE DB	Information in this article was obsolete or more completely covered in the OLE DB documentation in the MDAC SDK or elsewhere in the introductory articles in the MDAC Technical Articles: What Are the MDAC Technologies? MDAC Technology Features MDAC History Choosing MDAC Components
Understanding ODBC Security Issues Security Windows NT 4.0 to Prevent ODBC Tracing	The information in these two articles has been combined into one article, ODBC Security.
Universal Data Access Q&A OLE DB for OLAP Frequently Asked Questions	These and other FAQs are being refreshed and updated. See the Microsoft Data Access Web site for the most current introductory information and workarounds.