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# DataFactory Object (RDSServer) Properties, Methods, and Events
> [!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).  
  
## Properties  
 None.  
  
## Methods  
  
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|[ConvertToString Method (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/converttostring-method-rds.md)|Converts a recordset into a MIME64 string.|  
|[CreateRecordset Method (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/createrecordset-method-rds.md)|Creates and returns an empty recordset.|  
|[Execute Method (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/execute-method-rds.md)|Execute the request and create an advanced data rowset (for use with ADO 2.5 or later).|  
|[Execute21 Method (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/execute21-method-rds.md)|Execute the request and create an advanced data rowset (for use with ADO 2.1).|  
|[Query Method (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/query-method-rds.md)|Execute the request and create an advanced data rowset.|  
|[SubmitChanges Method (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/submitchanges-method-rds.md)|Given a recordset with pending changes, this method submits them to the database identified in the connection string.|  
|[Synchronize Method (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/synchronize-method-rds.md)|Synchronize the given recordset with the database specified by the connection string (for use with ADO 2.5 or later).|  
|[Synchronize21 Method (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/synchronize21-method-rds.md)|Synchronize the given recordset with the database specified by the connection string (for use with ADO 2.1).|  
  
## Events  
 None.  
  
## See Also  
 [DataFactory Object (RDSServer)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/datafactory-object-rdsserver.md)