Run the SimpleClient C# application

You can use the SimpleClient sample application to test your setup and connectivity.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites To Run the SimpleClient C# Application

Verify that the following conditions exist:

Open a Visual Studio Tools command shell.
Navigate to the subdirectory where the compiled object code is located.
From the top-level directory of the SDK download, the directory is as follows:
path_to_sdk\dotnet\cs\samples\SimpleClient\bin\Debug
Run the application, passing at least the service URL, an authenticating user name, and a password on the command line.
For a development environment, you do not need to use SSO or certificate authentication. You can authenticate directly with the server by specifying --disablesso and --ignorecert on the command line. For example:
```
simpleclient --url https://esx.exampledomain.com/sdk --username root --password secret 
             --disablesso --ignorecert
```
The application connects to the server and displays a list of inventory objects managed by the server.

Sample Output of a Successful Run of SimpleClient
```
Object Type : Datacenter
Reference Value : ha-datacenter
   Property Name : name
   Property Value : ha-datacenter
Object Type : Folder
Reference Value : ha-folder-root
   Property Name : name
   Property Value : ha-folder-root
```