smo-programming-languages.md

title	Programming Languages
description	SMO Programming Languages
author	markingmyname
ms.author	maghan
ms.date	08/06/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.topic	reference
ms.custom	ignite-2025
helpviewer_keywords	languages [SMO] SQL Server Management Objects, languages .NET Framework [SMO] SMO [SQL Server], languages programming environments [SMO] development environments [SMO]
monikerRange	=azuresqldb-current || =azure-sqldw-latest || >=sql-server-2016 || >=sql-server-linux-2017 || =azuresqldb-mi-current || =fabric-sqldb

SMO Programming Languages

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This section describes how to program [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Management Objects (SMO) in [!INCLUDEmsCoName] Visual C# .NET.

Topic	Description
Getting Started in Visual C# .NET	Provides information on how to start writing an SMO program in Visual C# .NET

SMO is a .NET assembly. To program by using the [!INCLUDEmsCoName] .NET Framework, you must choose a language that is supported by the common language runtime. In the SMO reference, there is syntax for managed languages such as Visual C# .NET.