Other Microsoft.NET Technologies

So far in this chapter, I have concentrated on the developer-related technologies in the .NET Framework SDK. Let's look at some other key Microsoft .NET technologies.

Windows and the .NET Enterprise Servers

Windows XP will be the first Microsoft operating system with some support for .NET built into it. With Windows XP, you will be able to turn any COM+ application into a Web service by clicking a checkbox (I talk about this capability more in Chapter 12). Even though Windows XP has some .NET features built into it, Windows .NET Server will be the first operating system that was built from the beginning with .NET in mind. The .NET runtime (primarily the CLR and the .NET Framework class library) will be included ...

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