Chapter 2 -- Feature Overview

Chapter 2

This chapter provides an overview of Microsoft Application Center 2000 (Application Center) and examines the customer requirements that influenced its design. Following this, the product feature set is presented, which will illustrate how Application Center addresses the server farm scalability and management issues that are identified in Chapter 1, "Scaling Business Web Sites with Application Center."

In This Chapter

Application Center Overview

Application Center Feature Summary

Application Center Cluster Services

Load Balancing

Synchronization and Deployment

Monitoring

Programmatic Support

Local and Remote Administration

High Availability

Online Help

Resources