Microsoft .NET (eBook)

Cover 1
Copyright Page 5
Contents 8
Preface 12
Acknowledgments 14
About the Author 16
Chapter 1. Introducing .NET 18
1.1 .NET Evolves 19
1.2 What Is Microsoft .NET? 19
1.3 .NET Framework 22
1.4 Component Object Model (COM) and .NET 22
1.5 .NET Framework Security 23
1.6 ASP.NET 23
1.7 ADO.NET 24
1.8 The Future of .NET 25
Chapter 2. eXtensible Markup Language (XML) 28
2.1 SGML 28
2.2 HTML 28
2.3 XML 30
2.4 XLINK and XPOINTER 37
2.5 XML in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 38
2.6 SQLXML 40
2.7 XQL„XML Query Language 40
Chapter 3. Visual Studio.NET 42
3.1 What Is Visual Studio.NET? 42
3.2 What You Get with Visual Studio.NET 43
3.3 Visual Studio.NET Varieties 44
3.4 Microsoft .NET Languages 45
3.5 Visual Basic.NET 49
3.6 Upgrading from Visual Basic 6 to Visual Basic.NET 50
3.7 C# (Pronounced See SharpŽ) 51
3.8 Visual C++ 52
3.9 Introducing the CLR 52
3.10 Memory Management and the CLR 55
3.11 Global Assembly Cache (GAC) 56
3.12 Visual Studio.NET Solution Deployment 56
3.13 Web Forms or Windows Forms? 57
3.14 Windows Service, XML Web Service, or .NET Component? 58
3.15 Web User Controls and Web Custom Controls 59
3.16 Server-Based Application Development 59
3.17 Schedules, Schedules, Schedules 60
3.18 Directory Watching and Performance Counters 61
Chapter 4. Microsoft BizTalk Server 62
4.1 A Brief History of EDI 63
4.2 BizTalk Server Deployment 76
4.3 Designing BizTalk Server Groups 80
Chapter 5. Microsoft Commerce Server 84
5.1 The Commerce Server Manager 86
5.2 The Business Desk 87
5.3 Commerce Server Campaigns 89
5.4 The Product Catalog 90
5.5 SQL Server and Commerce Server 92
5.6 Building a Commerce Server Site 92
5.7 Commerce Server Data Warehouse and Business Desk Analytics 93
5.8 Commerce Server and BizTalk Server Integration 96
5.9 Managing a Commerce Server Installation 98
5.10 Commerce Server Site Optimization 99
Chapter 6. Microsoft SQL Server 100
6.1 SQL Server Architecture 100
6.2 Data Warehouse Data Structures 110
6.3 OLAP, MOLAP, ROLAP, and HOLAP 110
6.4 Data Mining and SQL Server Analysis Services 112
6.5 SQL Server Security 113
Chapter 7. Microsoft Content Management Server 118
7.1 How Content Management Server Works 120
7.2 Users in Microsoft Content Management Server 120
7.3 Microsoft Content Management Server and Site Staging 129
7.4 Server Configuration Application (SCA) 130
7.5 Site Deployment Manager 131
7.6 Development and Production Servers 133
7.7 Web Crawlers and Microsoft Content Management Server 133
7.8 Building a Site with Content Management Server 133
Chapter 8. Microsoft Application Center Server 136
8.1 The Abilities 136
8.2 The Cluster 138
8.3 How NLB Works 142
8.4 Component Load Balancing (CLB) 144
8.5 Request Forwarding 144
8.6 Applications and Application Center 144
8.7 Monitoring a Solution Using Application Center Server 148
Chapter 9. SOAP, Web Services, and UDDI 150
9.1 Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 150
9.2 SOAP, DIME, and Binary Data 153
9.3 Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) 154
9.4 The Web Service Interface 157
9.5 UDDI XML Schema 157
9.6 Consuming an Internal Web Service 160
9.7 .NET MyServices 161
9.8 Global XML Web Services Architecture (GXA) 163
Chapter 10. Scalability and Security 166
10.1 .NET Security 166
10.2 .NET Isolated Storage 168
10.3 Declarative and Imperative Security 168
10.4 Cryptography and .NET 169
10.5 Digital Signatures 169
10.6 Scalability 170
10.7 NLB 171
Chapter 11. Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 174
11.1 The Portal 174
11.2 Management and Publishing of Documents 175
11.3 SharePoint Portal Server Category Assistant 177
11.4 SharePoint Portal Server Version Control 177
11.5 SharePoint Portal Server Document Publishing 178
11.6 SharePoint Portal Server Document Approval 179
11.7 SharePoint Portal Server Security 180
11.8 SPPS Indexing and Searching Technologies 182
11.9 SharePoint Portal Server Filters 183
11.10 SPPS Search Ranking 184
11.11 SharePoint Portal Server and Adaptive Crawling 185
11.12 SharePoint Portal Server Architecture 185
11.13 SharePoint Portal Server Scalability 185
11.14 Exchange 2000 Server and SharePoint Portal Server 189
11.15 Microsoft SQL Server and SharePoint Portal Server 191
Glossary 194
Guide to Microsoft .NET Products System Requirements 202
Index 214