How To Create A Data Source In Visual Studio.net Welcome, in this tutorial we are going to create a new data source in Visual Studio.Net using the built in wizards and drag-n-drop. To begin go to "File", "New", "Project" and name the project something like "MyPubsDataSource" or whatever makes sense to you. This will be a windows application although it's not really important because we just need any type of project because...... Similar Editorial : by Tom Gauger. | Source : C# 3.5