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# RDS Properties
> [!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).  
  
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|[Connect (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/connect-property-rds.md)|Indicates the database name from which the query and update operations are run.|  
|[ExecuteOptions (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/executeoptions-property-rds.md)|Indicates whether asynchronous execution is enabled.|  
|[FetchOptions (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/fetchoptions-property-rds.md)|Indicates the type of asynchronous fetching.|  
|[FilterColumn (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/filtercolumn-property-rds.md)|Indicates the column on which to evaluate the filter criteria.|  
|[FilterCriterion (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/filtercriterion-property-rds.md)|Indicates the evaluation operator to use in the filter value.|  
|[FilterValue (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/filtervalue-property-rds.md)|Indicates the value to filter records.|  
|[Handler (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/handler-property-rds.md)|Indicates the name of a server-side customization program (*handler*) that extends the functionality of the **RDSServer.DataFactory**, and any parameters used by the *handler*.|  
|[InternetTimeout (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/internettimeout-property-rds.md)|Indicates the number of milliseconds to wait before a request times out.|  
|[ReadyState (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/readystate-property-rds.md)|Indicates the progress of a **DataControl** object as it fetches data into its **Recordset** object.|  
|[Recordset and SourceRecordset (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/recordset-sourcerecordset-properties-rds.md)|Indicates the **Recordset** object returned from a custom business object.|  
|[Server (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/server-property-rds.md)|Indicates the Internet Information Services (IIS) name and communication protocol.|  
|[SortColumn (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/sortcolumn-property-rds.md)|Indicates by which column to sort the records.|  
|[SortDirection (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/sortdirection-property-rds.md)|Indicates whether a sort order is ascending or descending.|  
|[SQL (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/sql-property.md)|Indicates the query string used to retrieve the **Recordset**.|  
|[URL (RDS)](../../../ado/reference/rds-api/url-property-rds.md)|Indicates a string that contains a relative or absolute URL.|