An Overview of .NET

Before discussing how to integrate .NET into a BizTalk application, it's useful to have a conceptual understanding of .NET and the .NET Framework. The main goal of this section is to provide a high-level introduction to .NET and the new Microsoft development platform.

What Is .NET?

Over the last decade, the application development arena has undergone a host of transformations. We've seen the migration of large mainframe green screen applications to Win32 client server applications as well as the introduction and evolution of multitier Web application development. In the past several years, we've also seen the introduction of new and exciting technologies that focus on the integration of applications regardless of the platform ...

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