Hi Vincent,
The Kendo TagHelpers support remote data binding and local data binding (to a local array). However, server rendering as in the Html helpers is not supported.
A possible solution to bind the Grid on the server is to serialize the data to JSON and pass it to a JS dataSource. Then bind the Grid to the JS dataSource.
e.g.
For your convenience I am attaching a sample which demonstrates the above approach. Please examine it and let me know if it helps.
I look forward to your reply.
Regards,
Georgi
Progress Telerik