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Distributed applications are now prolific in the enterprise and more and more users are relying on network connectivity both on site and on the go so they can remain productive anywhere and at any time. Since network connectivity cannot always be guaranteed, what happens when the network goes down or a network connection is simply unavailable? How can you provide your users with the best connected experience regardless of the state of the network?

Granville gets down with the CLR, and takes a look at CIL/MSIL - the intermediate language that every .NET language gets compiled to, and has full access to the capabilities of the CLR.

With ClickOnce, Microsoft delivers a client-side application deployment and updating solution that offers a glimpse into the future, where centrally-located and managed applications delivered via the Web don't have to run in interface-challenged browsers.

Explains the concept of Global Assembly Cache, how to create assembly without Visual Studio .NET and how to view assembly's content.

Find out how to use reflection to build real-world extensible applications that accept snap-in modules from third-party developers.

While serial port programming was absent in .NET version 1.1, Visual Basic developers who grew accustomed to the MSCOMM control in VB6 will be glad to know that this functionality is supported again in .NET 2.0. Learn to use the SerialPort class to make two computers talk to one another or even to manipulate a mobile device from your computer using Bluetooth.

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is Microsoft's implementation of Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) and the Common Information Model (CIM). Although WMI is COM-based, Andriy Klyuchevskyy shows you how you can access it from C# and VB.NET through System.Management, thanks to COM Inter-Op.

At PDC 2005, Microsoft introduced brand new technology known as LINQ, which stands for "Language Integrated Query."The feature-set hiding behind this acronym is truly mind-boggling and worthy of a lot of attention. In short, LINQ introduces a query language similar to SQL Server's T-SQL, in C# and VB.NET. Imagine that you could issue something like a "select * from customers" statement within C# or VB.NET. This sounds somewhat intriguing, but it doesn't begin to communicate the power of LINQ.

By making simple modifications to XML-based WCF configuration files, you can add security, transactability, and reliability to multi-tier applications nearly instantly.

Using Visual Studio for Applications to add scripting capabilities to your .NET apps.