The Advantages of Running Applications on Windows Vista
For the past several years, Microsoft has been moving toward the vision of software as a service, where applications are exposed through services that communicate via message-based protocols. One of the foundations for this goal is a managed runtime with tooling to rapidly build applications and services that interact using these protocols. The initial release of the .NET Framework in 2002 signaled the approach of this vision. The release of the .NET Framework 3.0 signals its arrival.
The .NET Framework 3.0 builds on the foundation of earlier framework versions by adding new capabilities around differentiated user experience, enterprise service-oriented communication, declarative business process modeling, and heterogeneous identity management.
Windows Vista offers substantial new capabilities in security, performance, reliability, and manageability. It is also the first operating system released with the .NET Framework 3.0 in mind, and the first client operating system to include the .NET Framework 3.0 as a part of its own installation.
Security Improvements with Windows Vista