INFO: Platform Support for ASP.NET Applications (327198)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Information Server 3.0
  • Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0
  • Microsoft ASP.NET (included with the .NET Framework) 1.0
This article was previously published under Q327198
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx

SUMMARY

This article outlines platform support for ASP.NET applications.

MORE INFORMATION

ASP.NET is only supported on the following platforms:
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional (Microsoft recommends Service Pack 2)
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server (Microsoft recommends Service Pack 2)
  • Microsoft Windows XP Professional
  • Microsoft Windows Server family
You can develop ASP.NET applications by running Visual Studio .NET on a Windows NT client platform. However, this scenario requires access to a Web server that is running Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.0 or later.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

320451 PRB: Remote ASP.NET Projects Require IIS on the Client Computer or FrontPage Server Extensions on the Server Computer

REFERENCES

For more information, see the Visual Studio .NET Release Notes. The notes are located at Readme.htm or at Setup\Webserver.htm on CD 1 or the DVD.

For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

Microsoft .NET Framework Redistributable
http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?url=/downloads/sample.asp?url=/msdn-files/027/001/829/msdncompositedoc.xml

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

327778 INFO: Platform Support for EnterpriseServices

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/23/2005
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