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Build for the Present and Future on .NET Enterprise Servers
Microsoft .NET represents a new application devel-opment platform, a broad set of .NET Enterprise Servers, and an overall architectural vision, fundamentally predicated on Web Services and XML, which supplants Microsoft’s earlier Windows DNA vision.
An understanding of the overall return on investment and total cost of ownership value propositions in .NET requires an appreciation of the role of the .NET Enterprise Servers. Addressing a wide spectrum, ranging from e-mail and database management to host integration and overall system management, the .NET Enterprise Servers are the engines that power the .NET platform.
This article introduces the full .NET Enterprise Server family and its fit in the broader .NET vision. It also explains how the servers evolved from their predecessors, and how, from a project and solution-management perspec-tive, the new servers will address the past, present, and future of Microsoft’s architectural vision simultaneously. The .NET Enterprise Servers extend, refine, and further integrate Microsoft’s earlier server suite. This article ex-plains the new opportunities, along with considerations involving application migration and legacy integration.
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