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Defining the basic elements of .NET
Learn about the four elements that comprise the .NET platform: clients, services, servers, and tools. Source: Microsoft.com |
Introduction to Windows XP and Windows .NET Server
Learn about the differences between Windows XP Home and Professional editions and get a sneak peek at what Windows .NET server is all about. Source: Microsoft.com |
Find out more about Microsoft .NET
Get the big picture of what .NET means to IT Pros, developers, and CIOs by using the resources listed on this page. Source: Microsoft.com |
Fundamentals of .NET for IT professionals
This paper is a transcription of a portion of the Q1 FYO2 Field Content CD-ROM for MSDN and TechNet. This portion comes from a presentation given by Alan Le Marquand, Program Manager of Field Content for TechNet and MSDN. This paper covers .NET from the IT professional's perspective, describing how it will affect IT pros and when it will affect them. It will provide an answer to the question, "What is .NET?" |
Get ready for Windows .Net Server
If you're still grappling with a Windows 2000 upgrade, here's a heads-up -- Microsoft is getting ready to release another server operating system. Source: Network World Fusion (July 15, 2002) |
Microsoft .NET for IT Professionals
Get an overview of .NET as it relates to IT professionals, including how and when .NET will affect IT pros. Source: Microsoft.com |
So What's This .NET Thing?
When people found I work for Microsoft, there used to be two questions that invariably came up... Source: Microsoft.com |
Microsoft .NET Homepage
The official homepage at Microsoft |
.NET Glossary
This glossary will help you understand the technologies, products, and concepts associated with Microsoft® .NET. |
.NET Frequently Asked Questions
Microsoft® .NET is the Microsoft XML Web services platform, which will significantly change how people interact with applications and devices via the Web. Find out how Microsoft .NET could change your computing experience by reading answers to these frequently asked questions. Source: Microsoft.com |
Microsoft .NET: What is it? What isn't it? A developer's perspective
Microsoft.NET has been around for two years and many computer professionals still don't know what it is — or more importantly, what it is not. Source: ServerWorld |
Windows .NET Server Sneak Peek
Microsoft is promising to deliver a wide range of new features in the upcoming release of Windows .NET Server. Learn what you can expect in an interview with lead product manager Jay Paulus. Source: .NET Magazine (June 2002) |
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Microsoft .NET Framework Delivers the Platform for an Integrated, Service-Oriented Web
This article, the first of a two-part series, illustrates how the .NET Framework and the common language runtime can deliver write-once, compile-once, run-anywhere application development. Microsoft Intermediate Language and JIT compiler, which make this reuse possible, are described as well as managed components, assemblies, and the Common Type System (CTS). Source: Microsoft.com |
.NET Deployment Guide
The Microsoft .NET Framework represents a new paradigm in software development, and Information Technology (IT) professionals will be faced with the task of managing and deploying these new applications and components in their pre-existing infrastructure. This .NET Deployment Guide provides information and guidelines for deploying applications and components based on the Microsoft .NET Framework. The guide offers detailed descriptions of the processes involved in a successful rollout of a .NET application, as well as links to documentation that direct readers to additional information. Source: Microsoft.com |
Required User Rights for the Upgrade from Windows 2000 to Windows .NET Server
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 323042 - When you try to upgrade a Windows 2000 Server computer to Windows .NET Server, you may receive the following message: You must be an Administrator to run this application. NOTE: You may receive this message even if you are logged on to the server as Administrator |
Server Clusters: Remote Setup, Unattended Installations and Image-based Installations
This white paper describes procedures for remote, unattended installation and image-based installations of Server clusters, thus simplifying and speeding up the process of installing multiple clusters. This paper does not provide a comprehensive set of instructions on installing the Microsoft® Windows® .NET Server operating system or automating various aspects of the OS installation. Detailed instructions are presented as needed to install either one of Windows clustering technologies. Source: Microsoft TechNet (June 2002) |
Windows Clustering Server Cluster (MSCS) Configuration Best Practices
This document describes several recommended cluster configurations, or topologies, among the many that are possible for Microsoft® Windows® .NET Server. Each configuration is accompanied by a discussion of the relative advantages and disadvantages for various models of application deployment. Source: Microsoft TechNet (June 2002) |
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Choosing an Automated Installation Method
Automated installations are faster, easier, less expensive, and more consistent than having users or IT professionals install the operating system manually. You can design and deploy automated installations by using three automated installation methods that are included with the Microsoft® Windows® .NET Server 2003 family operating systems. You can determine which method to use by evaluating your available resources, the existing or planned infrastructure, and the requirements of the configurations you plan to deploy Source: Microsoft.com |
Deploying Dial-Up and VPN Remote Access Servers
To provide remote users with secure and reliable access to your network resources, use the remote access and security technologies for Windows .NET Server 2003 family. Windows .NET Server 2003, Web Edition is limited to a single virtual private network (VPN) connection for Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) and a single VPN connection for Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP). Using Routing and Remote Access, you can design and deploy a dial-up solution, or you can take advantage of the Internet by deploying a VPN solution. Source: Microsoft.com |
Deploying DNS
Microsoft® Windows® .NET Domain Name System (DNS) provides efficient name resolution, support for Active Directory™ directory services, and interoperability with other standards-based technologies. Deploying DNS in your client/server infrastructure enables resources on a TCP/IP network to locate other resources on the network by using host name-to-IP address resolution and IP address-to-host name resolution. Source: Microsoft.com |
Deploying Network Load Balancing
After completing the design for the applications and services in your Network Load Balancing solution, you are ready to deploy the solution in your pilot and production network environments. A successful deployment ensures that your Network Load Balancing solution meets or exceeds the specifications in the design. In addition, you must ensure that the deployment of your Network Load Balancing solution does not disrupt the operation of any existing applications or services. Source: Microsoft.com |
Designing Server Clusters
Server clusters ensure that applications continue to run in the event of planned service downtime due to maintenance, or during unplanned downtime due to hardware or network failure. In order to design server clusters, organizations have to understand the applications they intend to host on a server cluster, namely the best way to deploy and configure the application in a clustering environment, and the server cluster's storage and capacity needs. Source: Microsoft.com |
Designing the Site Topology
A Microsoft® Windows® .NET Active Directory® directory service site topology is a logical representation of your physical network and consists of sites, subnets, site links, and site link bridges. Designing an Active Directory site topology involves creating sites, subnets, site links, and site link bridges to ensure efficient routing of query and replication traffic. Source: Microsoft.com |
Restructuring Windows .NET Domains Between Forests
Restructuring Microsoft® Windows® .NET domains between forests involves relocating objects from source domains to target domains in order to reduce the total number of domains. If you are migrating a pilot domain into your production environment, merging with another organization and consolidating the two IT infrastructures, or consolidating resource and account domains that you upgraded in-place from a Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0 environment, then performing an interforest restructure enables you to reduce the complexity of your organization and the associated administrative costs. Source: Microsoft.com |
Restructuring Windows .NET Domains Within a Forest
Restructuring Microsoft® Windows® .NET domains between forests involves relocating objects from source domains to target domains in order to reduce the total number of domains. If you are migrating a pilot domain into your production environment, merging with another organization and consolidating the two IT infrastructures, or consolidating resource and account domains that you upgraded in-place from a Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0 environment, then performing an interforest restructure enables you to reduce the complexity of your organization and the associated administrative costs. Source: Microsoft.com |
