Microsoft application center 2000 : resource kit

Ordering the resource kits to supplement Microsoft Corporation software is pretty much standard procedure in a lot of technology departments. Microsoft Application Center Resource Kit will satisfy those buyers, as well as - more importantly, perhaps - experts from technology shops who don't buy every resource kit that comes along. This book explains the orthodox way of implementing Application Center 2000, as envisioned by the people who developed the clustering and load-balancing solution for server farms and data centers. You'll learn a lot from the printed documentation that makes up the bulk of this product, and you'll be grateful for the collection of software that appears on the companion CD-ROM, especially if you're working with something other than a straight vanilla Application Center installation.

This Microsoft "Resource Kit" delivers essential reference and tools to IT professionals who want to fully exploit the functionality of Microsoft Application Center Server 2000 — a strategic solution for running and managing Web applications through "Web farms", or clusters. This kit covers a variety of deployment scenarios, ranging from simple Web applications to multitier e-commerce solutions. Packed with use-now tools and information, this authoritative kit can help IT professionals save time, reduce ownership and support costs, and maximize their organization's investments in Web technologies. The CD features must-have tools and utilities to aid product support and deployment.

Because World Wide Web (WWW) technologies are rapidly becoming the platform of choice for supporting enterprise-wide applications, the infrastructure required to develop and host applications has grown in scale and complexity.