On March one, Microsoft released for download Beta two of its Windows Server AppFabric set of application providers for creating Web and composite/”mash-up”-style applications.Microsoft took the wraps off AppFabric in November 2009 at its Professional Developers Conference. At that time,
Windows 7 Ultimate, officials described App Fabric as a collection of services, including the “Dublin” app server, “Velocity” caching technology,
Microsoft Office Professional 2007, and .Net Solutions (the service bus and access control companies).Microsoft released Beta 1 of Windows Server AppFabric at the show (which officials said has been downloaded by 8,000 developers since then). The Beta 2 Windows Server AppFabric bits are available on the Microsoft Download Center.Microsoft officials said on Monday that the company plans to release the final version of Windows Server AppFabric in the third calendar quarter of 2010. They didn;t provide an update on the complement to the product, Windows Azure AppFabric,
Office 2010 Key, which officials also announced at the PDC last fall. Windows Azure AppFabric will allow customers to develop cloud apps and hybrid cloud/on-premises apps using a comparable set of companies. The Azure version of AppFabric includes the service bus and access control functionality that was formerly known as .Net Providers.Windows Server AppFabric targets applications built using ASP.NET,
Office 2007 Enterprise, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) that run on Microsoft;s Internet server,
Office Enterprise 2007, Net Information Companies (IIS). It is designed for use with Visual Studio 2010 and .Net 4.0, both of which are expected to be launched in final form in April 2010.