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title: "Getting Started in Visual Basic .NET | Microsoft Docs"
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# Getting Started in Visual Basic .NET
  [!INCLUDE[msCoName](../../includes/msconame-md.md)] Visual Basic .NET in one of the managed programming languages that is supported by the common runtime library in [!INCLUDE[vbprvb](../../includes/vbprvb-md.md)] .NET. Many of the samples in this documentation are written in [!INCLUDE[vbprvb](../../includes/vbprvb-md.md)] .NET. You can use [!INCLUDE[vsprvslong](../../includes/vsprvslong-md.md)] and [!INCLUDE[vsOrcas](../../includes/vsorcas-md.md)] to develop SMO applications.  
  
## References and Imports  
 After you have started the [!INCLUDE[vsprvs](../../includes/vsprvs-md.md)] project, you must add references to the [!INCLUDE[ssNoVersion](../../includes/ssnoversion-md.md)] Management Objects (SMO) assemblies. Then, import the required namespaces so that your program can recognize the SMO types.  
  
 In [!INCLUDE[ssCurrent](../../includes/sscurrent-md.md)], the SMO assemblies are located in the [!INCLUDE[ssSampPathSDK](../../includes/sssamppathsdk-md.md)] folder.  
  
## See Also  
 [Create a Visual Basic SMO Project in Visual Studio .NET](../../../2014/database-engine/dev-guide/create-a-visual-basic-smo-project-in-visual-studio-net.md)