News for .NET 4.0 and Dublin !
Toady, Steve Martin from our CSD (Connected System Division) Product Management Team announced on his blog that upcoming CTP release of .NET 4.0 and the amazing enhancements to WCF and WF, also introduced the Windows Server Application server Roadmap , which are set of enhanced server capabilities that would extend our IIS, these technologies are currently code Named "Dublin"...
for more information check the following resources :
Steve Martin's blog : http://blogs.msdn.com/stevemar/archive/2008/10/01/the-road-to-pdc-net-framework-4-0-and-dublin.aspx#comments
Landing Page for "Dublin" : http://www.microsoft.com/net/dublin.aspx
Product Details : http://download.microsoft.com/download/5/9/B/59B74A2A-245D-4304-802E-E0A0800FACD3/Dublin__NET_4_overview.docx
As you might start wondering already, how Dublin would work with our existing Biztalk Server ? , well, if you do need the rich LOB connectivity and B2B features, you will definitely still need Biztalk server for that, however, if you don't need all these rich capabilities you would be able deploy, host and manage middle-tier applications on Dublin, the link about to the product details document contains a Q&A Section that would answer most of our questions ....
Regards,
Ahmed Farrag
