Integrated across the Microsoft platform, .NET technology provides the ability to build, deploy, manage, and use web services.
.NET is a mix of technologies, standards, and development tools, which include the software:
Windows.NET,
Office.NET,
Visual Studio.NET,
ASP.NET,
Visual Basic.NET,
SQL Server, and
Internet Information Services.
Windows.NET
Windows 2000 and Windows XP form the backbone of .NET.
In the future, the .NET infrastructure will be integrated into all Microsoft’s operating systems, desktop and server products.
Windows.NET is the next generation Windows.
It will provide support for all the .NET building blocks and .NET digital media.
Office.NET
A new version of Microsoft Office—Office.NET—will have a new .NET architecture based on Internet clients and web services.
With Office.NET, browsing, communication, document handling and authoring will be integrated within an XML-based environment which allows users to store their documents on the Internet.
ASP.NET
ASP.NET is the latest version of ASP, but not ASP compatible.
It includes web services to link applications, services and devices using HTTP, HTML, XML, and SOAP.
New technologies in ASP.NET include:
