Windows 10 Universal App Getting data from SQL Server

Question

I'm about to start Windows 10 Universal app development.

For my project I need to get data from a Microsoft SQL Server.

I know locally It is only possible to use SQLite but is there anyway I can interact with an SQL Server?

Answer 1

You can't connect to a MS SQL Server directly from a Universal Windows App. As CodeCaster mentioned, the recommend way is creating a web service, and the app can retrieve the data through the web service.

For example:

App -> data service on IIS (eg OData service) -> database (MS SQL Server)

How to: Deploying OData Services using IIS & SQL Server

You use the HttpClient to retrieve the data from OData service.