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# Step 1: Specify a Server Program (RDS Tutorial)
In the most general case, use the [RDS.DataSpace](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/dataspace-object-rds.md) object [CreateObject](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/createobject-method-rds.md) method to specify the default server program, [RDSServer.DataFactory](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/datafactory-object-rdsserver.md), or your own custom server program (business object). A server program is instantiated on the server, and a reference to the server program, or *proxy*, is returned.  
  
 This tutorial uses the default server program:  
  
```vb
Sub RDSTutorial1()  
   Dim DS as New RDS.DataSpace  
   Dim DF as Object  
   Set DF = DS.("RDSServer.DataFactory", "https://yourServer")  
...  
```  
  
> [!IMPORTANT]
>  Beginning with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, RDS server components are no longer included in the Windows operating system (see Windows 8 and [Windows Server 2012 Compatibility Cookbook](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=27416) for more detail). RDS client components will be removed in a future version of Windows. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature. Applications that use RDS should migrate to [WCF Data Service](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=199565).  
  
## See Also  
 [Step 2: Invoke the Server Program (RDS Tutorial)](../../../ado/guide/remote-data-service/step-2-invoke-the-server-program-rds-tutorial.md)   
 [RDS Tutorial (VBScript)](../../../ado/guide/remote-data-service/rds-tutorial-vbscript.md)