The Microsoft .Net Framework is the latest generation of software components that provide a reliable foundation for software developers to build powerful applications quickly and reliably. .Net allows developers to write code that can be easily integrated into different systems.

At the heart of .Net is the concept of Web Services. This is a mechanism for integrating several systems using the internet to communicate data. For example, if the head office server storing a database is in London, the Manchester office could use a web service not only to look at the data but work with it seamlessly.

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