You can build connected systems to bring together people, processes, and information with the Microsoft application platform. It spans clients, servers, and devices, while providing the patterns and practices for creating reliable, enterprise-grade solutions.

The Microsoft application platform provides a trusted and scalable foundation that empowers developer teams and IT professionals to accelerate the delivery of business solutions and decisions to maximize business advantage in today’s competitive marketplace.

The Microsoft Visual Studio development system is a suite of development tools designed to aid software developers—whether they are novices or seasoned professionals—face complex challenges and create innovative solutions.

Ride the next wave of innovation by developing and offering solutions based on Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. Maximise productivity - and profitability - by enabling developers and development teams to rapidly create connected applications on the latest platforms.

Create engaging, dynamic applications for the latest platforms, including the Windows Vista operating system, the Windows Server 2008 operating system, the 2007 Microsoft Office system and the World Wide Web. Discover more than 200 new platform features that can help improve developer productivity, encourage collaboration and speed delivery of your solutions.

A business process management server that lets you automate and optimise business processes. It also gives you powerful, familiar tools to design, develop, deploy, and manage those processes.

Everything you need for easy installation is included - integrated management tools, support for Web services, and a new business activity monitoring portal. In addition, BizTalk Server 2006 includes 23 application and technology adapters in the box for connecting to legacy systems (mainframe and mid-range) and line-of-business applications (SAP, Siebel, PeopleSoft, Oracle, and JD Edwards).

Create full-featured web business applications and extend your business across networks, while integrating e-commerce solutions within your existing infrastructure.

Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 enables developers to create, IT professionals to manage, and business users to maintain full-featured Web business applications with a low total cost of ownership and rapid time to value. Extended integration features, including BizTalk Server 2006 Adapters, allow easy integration with existing Line-of-Business systems.

Integrate your mission-critical host applications, data sources and security systems with new solutions developed using the Microsoft Windows platform.

Microsoft Host Integration Server 2006 offers key enabling technologies that allow enterprise organizations to integrate their mission-critical host applications, data sources and security systems with new solutions developed using the Microsoft Windows platform.

Host Integration Server 2006 features and technologies, including network integration, host access with enhanced security, data and application integration, enable Windows developers to publish business processes in IBM mainframe and AS/400 data and applications as XML Web Services, which brings their Host applications and processes into a Services Oriented Environment.

Build and manage highly available, performance data applications that you and your people can use to take your business to the next level.

SQL Server is a comprehensive, integrated, end-to-end data solution that empowers your staff by providing a more secure, reliable, and productive platform for enterprise data and Business Intelligence (BI) applications. SQL Server 2005 delivers powerful, familiar tools to IT professionals and information workers, reducing the complexity of creating, deploying, managing and using enterprise data and analytical applications on platforms ranging from mobile devices to enterprise data systems. Through a comprehensive feature set, interoperability with existing systems, and automation of routine tasks, SQL Server 2005 provides a complete data solution for enterprises of all sizes.

Help software development teams ensure quality early and often throughout the development process.

Visual Studio 2005 Team System is a productive, integrated, and extensible suite of lifecycle tools that expands the Visual Studio product line to enable greater communication and collaboration among software development teams. With Visual Studio 2005 Team System, organizations can ensure greater predictability and quality early and often throughout the development process.