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Microsoft .Net Case

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Microsoft .NET Case

This report is provided as a sample to illustrate the level of work and research required, as well as the format of a case report. Obviously, the content of the report is not relevant for us. The report is a little longer than the required maximum of 3 pages (with additional material in appendices).

Case Study: Microsoft .NET
Not until recently, the phrase .NET has been used to describe everything from a “vision for the future” to a family of products and services and even individual technologies. This paper provides a brief review of what exactly is .NET, followed by an investigation of the promises it holds and how it compares with its other alternative – Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE).
(A) Provide an Overview of the Microsoft .NET Platform based on web research
Microsoft .NET is a set of software technologies designed to connect information, people, systems, and devices . . The diagram below illustrates a more comprehensive view of the components that make up .Net . It consists of:
• Smart clients – that include PCs and devices (of various form factors – tablets, handhelds, etc.) capable of accessing data and services anywhere, anytime, any means. Examples include Windows CE.NET, XP, XP Embedded, and any other client capable of using XML web services or equipped with a browser.
• Applications – that can run on any platform communicating through XML web services to retrieve data or invoke methods. They could be VB applications running on Windows or Java applications on Linux.
• Developer tools, such as Microsoft Visual Studio.NET, that provides an easy, truly object-oriented integrated rapid application development environment for programming with the .NET Framework.
• .NET Framework – a programming model that enables easy development of Web-based applications, smart client applications, and XML Web services. The focus is on server side programming that leverages on standard protocols such as HTTP,...