Overview

* Based on the new features of Visual Studio 2003 Enterprise Edition! * Outlines a plan for building a multi-tiered enterprise application with the .NET Framework. * Presents different approaches to access enterprise databases with the level of performance and reliability demanded by enterprise applications. * Shows how to access networked resources through directory services including ActiveDirectory and LDAP. * Shows how to integrate asynchronous messaging and business process automation into a .NET enterprise application. * Demonstrates how to leverage the e-mail capabilities provided by the .NET Framework and the Collaboration Data Objects. * Reveals how to use the .NET Framework to build Windows Forms, WebForms, and mobile user interfaces that tie into the enterprise application. * Shows how to use reporting capability built into Visual Studio .NET to build powerful reporting functionality. * Teaches how to integrate a .NET enterprise application with an existing legacy application.