Microsoft Application Architecture for .NET: Designing Applications and Services

Application Architecture for .NET: Designing Applications and Services Roadmap
Patterns & Practices
Microsoft Corporation

December 2002

Applies to:
.NET Framework Version 1.0
Visual Studio .NET Version 2002
SQL Server 2000
Windows 2000

Summary: This guide provides design-level guidance for the architecture and design of .NET Framework applications and services built on Windows 2000 and version 1.0 of the .NET Framework. It focuses on partitioning application functionality into components, walks through their key design characteristics, explains how security, management and communication apply to each layer, and provides information on how the components should be deployed. (This roadmap: 6 printed pages; the entire guide: 120 printed pages)