MCAD/MCSD: Visual Basic .NET Windows and Web Applications Study Guide
Chapter One
A .NET Framework
Overview
.NET represents Microsoft's vision and technologies that connect
information, people, devices, and systems to form applications.
This is a type of distributed computing where software applications
will provide services to one another. Microsoft has attached the .NET term to
various products that fulfill certain roles in accomplishing Microsoft's vision
of distributed computing.
There are the .NET Servers, the server products that provide the necessary
infrastructure to support applications that will be delivered over the Internet
or over company intranets. These products include Windows .NET Server, SQL
Server 2000, Biztalk Server 2002, Exchange Server 2000, Host Integration Server,
Application Center Server 2000, SharePoint Portal Server 2002, and Content
Management Server. These products provide stand-alone services such
as e-mail or connectivity to legacy systems, and you can use them in the
applications that you write using the .NET Framework to provide services for
data or hosting Web applications.
There is the .NET Framework SDK, which comprises developme ... read full excerpt from MCAD/MCSD: Visual Basic .NET Windows and Web Applications Study Guide: Exams 70-305 & 70-306 ebook
