Tips n Tracks

The Microsoft .NET platform consists of the following product groups/ main components…

• Development tools A set of languages, including C#, VB.NET, J#, a set of development tools, including Visual Studio.NET (a suite of language-independent developer tools, a set of programming interfaces), .NET Framework (for building web and Windows applications, as well as web services), and Common Language Runtime, which is the execution engine for .NET Framework applications

• .NET Enterprise servers A suite of e-business infrastructure applications that run XML web services – SQL Server 2000, Exchange Server 2000, BizTalk Server 2000 and others. These servers are used to store relational data, data exchange and business-to-business (B2B) commerce

• Web services (building block services) A set of commercial web services, which includes customer services (.NET MyServices), authentication and identification services (.NET Passport) and communication services (.NET Alerts). Developers can use these services to build applications that require knowledge of user identity

• .NET device software Consisting of Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows CE, Windows Embedded, the .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework, this software enables a new set of .NET-enabled devices – from mobile phones to PDAs and game boxes.