Microsoft Windows DNA is Microsoft's platform for building and deploying Web-based applications. DESIGNING FOR SCALABILITY WITH MICROSOFT WINDOWS DNA describes major technologies associated with using the DNA model to develop scalable enterprise applications. The book shows how to use Microsoft tools such as the Visual Basic development system and the Windows 2000 operating system with Windows DNA to reduce your time to market, secure great performance and scalability, and assure development success. It includes a complete overview of Windows DNA; an introduction to Extensible Markup Language (XML), Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS), and COM+ and related Web technologies; plus practical code examples. This book shows you how to:

— Develop component-based applications to manage user, business, and data services.

— Create components on the server side using web classes and on the client side using Dynamic HTML (DHTML).

— Use the Microsoft Transaction Server component-based transaction processing system to develop, deploy, and manage high-performing, scalable, robust server applications.