you can use following code segment to load data from SharePoint list using client object model. Microsoft.SharePoint.Client DLL should get from the 14/BIN folder. ClientContext clientContext = new ClientContext( siteUrl ); clientContext.Load(clientContext.Web); Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.List oList = clientContext.Web.Lists.GetByTitle( tasklistName ); clientContext.Load(oList); Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.CamlQuery cm = new CamlQuery(); cm.ViewXml = “<View>Some Query</View>” ; Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ListItemCollection items = oList.GetItems(cm); clientContext.Load(items); clientContext.ExecuteQuery();