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.NET is Microsoft’s XML Web services platform. XML Web services link applications, services, and devices together into connected solutions that enable you to act on information anytime, any place, and from any smart device.

This CD-ROM contains resource materials for Microsoft .NET instructors, students, and programmers. Some documents and files are located on the CD-ROM itself; others are linked to on the Web. Every effort has been made to select and include only those materials that are appropriate to an academic audience.

Special inclusion on this CD-ROM: Microsoft .NET Framework SDK

The following types of files are located on or linked to from this CD-ROM:

Icon	Document Type	Access Requirement
	compressed file or folder	WinZip or similar decompression program
	Internet jump	Internet access
	movie	Microsoft Windows Media Player
	newsgroup	Internet access
	Portable Document Format (PDF)	Adobe Acrobat Reader
	PostScript	Print only
	PowerPoint slideshow	Microsoft PowerPoint
	text file	Notepad, TextPad, WordPad, or similar text reader
	Word document	Microsoft Word

The file type is indicated within text by the icon preceding it. If there is no icon, you are linking to an HTML content page located on the CD-ROM.

Document readers, viewers, and media players can be downloaded from the Additional Resources page.

Resources that are new or updated in this version of the Academic Resource Kit are indicated by these icons:

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Note the following special terms of use from the End-User License Agreement: You may install and use the Microsoft .NET Academic Resource Kit on any number of computers solely for your internal use. In addition, if you are an educational institution, you may install the .NET Academic Resource Kit on any number of servers and permit access via such servers to the .NET Academic Resource Kit by faculty, staff and students whose use of the .NET Academic Resource Kit shall be pursuant to the terms and conditions of the EULA.