Microsoft® .NET Remoting

Introduction

Distributed computing has become an integral part of almost all software development. Before the advent of .NET Remoting, DCOM was the preferred method of developing distributed applications on Microsoft platforms. Unfortunately, DCOM is difficult for the average developer to understand and use. Enter .NET Remoting—an object-oriented architecture that facilitates distributed application development using Microsoft .NET. Just as the .NET Framework replaces COM as the preferred way to build components, .NET Remoting replaces DCOM as the preferred way to build distributed applications using the .NET Framework. Furthermore, .NET Remoting provides the basic underpinnings of .NET Web services. Hence, a fundamental understanding of .NET ...