smo-object-model-namespaces.md

title	SMO Namespaces | Microsoft Docs
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ms.date	03/06/2017
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SMO Namespaces

[!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Management Objects (SMO) has various namespaces. The different namespaces represent different areas of functionality within SMO.

In [!INCLUDEssCurrent], the SMO assemblies are located in the [!INCLUDEssSampPathSDK] folder.

Namespaces

The SMO namespaces are:

Class	Function
xref:Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo	Contains instance classes, utility classes, and enumerations that are used to programmatically manipulate [!INCLUDEmsCoName][!INCLUDEssNoVersion].
xref:Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common	Contains the classes that are common to Replication Management Objects (RMO) and SMO, such as connection classes.
xref:Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Agent	Contains classes that represent the [!INCLUDEssNoVersion] Agent.
xref:Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Wmi	Contains classes that represent the WMI Provider.
xref:Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.RegisteredServers	Contains classes that represent Registered Server.
xref:Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Mail	Contains classes that represent Database Mail.
xref:Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Broker	Contains classes that represent the [!INCLUDEssSB].