1. .NET is Microsoft's platform for developing Extensible Markup
Language (XML) Web services, which allow applications to
communicate and share data over the Internet. There are five aspects of
the .NET platform:
2. .NET experiences: These are XML Web services that allow you to access
information across the Internet and from stand-alone applications in an
integrated way. Examples of the .NET experience are MSN, bCentral,
Passport, and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
3. Clients: These are PCs, laptops, workstations, phones, handheld
computers, tablet PCs, game consoles, and other smart devices. What
makes these devices "smart" is their ability to access XML Web services.
Smart clients use software that supports XML Web services and enables
you to access your data regardless of the location, type, and number of
clients you use.
4. XML Web services: These offer a direct means for applications to interact
with other applications. Applications hosted internally, as well as on
remote systems, can communicate via the Internet by using XML and
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) messages. In addition to
developers creating XML Web services, Microsoft is creating a core set of
building block services that perform routine tasks and act as the
foundation for developers to build on. The first set of XML Web services
being built, known as .NET My Services, are user-centric services:
services oriented toward people rather than devices, networks, or
applications.
5. Servers: The Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers, including the Microsoft
Windows 2000 server family, make up the Microsoft .NET server
infrastructure for deploying, managing, and orchestrating XML Web
services.
6. Tools: Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework
supply a complete solution for developers to build, deploy, and run
XML Web services. These tools maximize the performance, reliability,
and security of XML Web services. Visual Studio .NET is the next
generation of Microsoft's popular multilanguage development tool built
especially for .NET. The .NET Framework is a high-productivity,
standards-based, multilanguage application execution environment that
handles essential plumbing chores and eases deployment. It provides an
application execution environment that manages memory, addresses
versioning issues, and improves the reliability, scalability, and security
of your application.
Language (XML) Web services, which allow applications to
communicate and share data over the Internet. There are five aspects of
the .NET platform:
2. .NET experiences: These are XML Web services that allow you to access
information across the Internet and from stand-alone applications in an
integrated way. Examples of the .NET experience are MSN, bCentral,
Passport, and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET.
3. Clients: These are PCs, laptops, workstations, phones, handheld
computers, tablet PCs, game consoles, and other smart devices. What
makes these devices "smart" is their ability to access XML Web services.
Smart clients use software that supports XML Web services and enables
you to access your data regardless of the location, type, and number of
clients you use.
4. XML Web services: These offer a direct means for applications to interact
with other applications. Applications hosted internally, as well as on
remote systems, can communicate via the Internet by using XML and
Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) messages. In addition to
developers creating XML Web services, Microsoft is creating a core set of
building block services that perform routine tasks and act as the
foundation for developers to build on. The first set of XML Web services
being built, known as .NET My Services, are user-centric services:
services oriented toward people rather than devices, networks, or
applications.
5. Servers: The Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers, including the Microsoft
Windows 2000 server family, make up the Microsoft .NET server
infrastructure for deploying, managing, and orchestrating XML Web
services.
6. Tools: Microsoft Visual Studio .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework
supply a complete solution for developers to build, deploy, and run
XML Web services. These tools maximize the performance, reliability,
and security of XML Web services. Visual Studio .NET is the next
generation of Microsoft's popular multilanguage development tool built
especially for .NET. The .NET Framework is a high-productivity,
standards-based, multilanguage application execution environment that
handles essential plumbing chores and eases deployment. It provides an
application execution environment that manages memory, addresses
versioning issues, and improves the reliability, scalability, and security
of your application.
