Planning, developing, and deploying enterprise e-business solutions across different platforms can be challenging. MICROSOFT .NET SERVER SOLUTIONS FOR THE ENTERPRISE simplifies the process. This fact-filled guidebook combines a wealth of technical information with real-world scenarios to deliver clear, concrete details on how to solve common e-business integration problems. Each chapter presents a specific e-business problem along with a detailed discussion of the Microsoft .NET Server tools and technologies used to solve it-complete with schematic diagrams and other help. Youll learn how to make Microsoft .NET Servers work together to solve problems-and how to prepare for future Web-based services. Topics covered include: * INTRODUCTION: Enterprise integration problems plus a survey of Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers and .NET technologies * ENTERPRISE APPLICATION INTEGRATION (EAI): Issues in integrating internal enterprise applications, plus representative EAI scenarios * BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS (B2B) INTEGRATION: Issues and representative B2B scenarios * BUSINESS-TO-CONSUMER (B2C) INTEGRATION: Issues and representative B2C scenarios * MOBILE SERVICE INTEGRATION: Issues in integrating wireless networking, remote access, and personal digital assistants * RELIABILITY, SECURITY, PERFORMANCE, AND MANAGEMENT: Issues in reliability, security, performance, and management when developing enterprise e-business solutions * ROADMAP TO THE FUTURE: Overview of Web-based services available today, plus how to position your enterprise for tomorrow *.NET SERVERS DISCUSSED: The Microsoft Windows 2000 Server family, Microsoft BizTalk Server, Microsoft SQL Server , Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server, Commerce Server, Content Manager Server, Host Integration Server, Exchange Server, and other Microsoft .NET Enterprise servers CD-ROM FEATURES: * Fully searchable electronic copies of the book as Portable Document Format (PDF) and compressed HTML (CHM) files * Code samples and sample applications