The Microsoft .NET Architecture
The .NET architecture from Microsoft is centered on Web services. Like J2EE, .NET has clients, servers, and access to EISs. Unlike J2EE, there is not a single application server framework around which business applications are deployed. Instead, Microsoft offers a set of .NET Servers that meet particular needs. Microsoft's architecture is not tied to a single language like J2EE; developers are free to choose from many different programming languages when building .NET applications.
Web Services
Web services, the heart of Microsoft's architectural approach, are applications that expose their functionality to other applications through an XML interface. Unlike other distributed processing methods, Web services neither ...
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