A highly productive, multi-language environment for building and running XML Web services. The ability to create secure, scalable applications that can run on multiple devices, saving valuable time and resources. Platform Component Description .NET Framework and Visual Studio. NET These are the developer tools used to build applications and XML Web services. The .NET Framework is the set of programming interfaces at the heart of the .NET platform.
NET is a suite of language-independent developer tools.
The infrastructure to operate XML Web services relies on the Windows operating system and the .NET Enterprise Servers, a suite of e-business infrastructure applications that run XML Web services. The building block services are an integrated set of XML Web services that make it possible to focus on users and enable user control of data. Microsoft will offer a few building block services in areas that are critical to the infrastructure of .NET, and a wide range of partners and developers will expand the set of building block services. You ll also see corporate and vertical building block services built on the .NET Platform. On a technical level, .NET experiences are a combination of XML Web services and, when appropriate, local application code.