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Key takeaways.................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 2. Purpose of this guide ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4 WHO SHOULD USE THIS GUIDE................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 3. Overview ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 5 THE .NET FRAMEWORK AND THE FUTURE OF DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................................. 6 4. Emerging application patterns ........................................................................................................................................................ 9 DEVICES................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Native applications for Windows devices ............................................................................................................................................ 11 Web applications for any device............................................................................................................................................................. 12 SERVICES ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 14 CLOUD AND HYBRID-CLOUD ................................................................................................................................................................................ 16 END-TO-END SCENARIOS IN EMERGING APPLICATION PATTERNS .................................................................................................................... 19 Scenario: Connected Native Windows Store Applications ............................................................................................................ 19 Scenario: Modern Web Applications for Any Mobile Device (Tablets and Phone) ............................................................... 21 5. Established application patterns ................................................................................................................................................... 23 BUSINESS APPLICATIONS SEGMENTATION BY PRIORITIES .................................................................................................................................. 23 SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS APPLICATIONS ....................................................................................................................................... 25 Data-centric web business applications............................................................................................................................................... 27 Scenario: End-to-End Small/Medium Web Business Applications ............................................................................................. 28 Mixed approach for small/medium business web applications .................................................................................................. 29 Data-centric desktop business applications ....................................................................................................................................... 30 Scenario: Small/Medium 2-Tier Desktop Application ..................................................................................................................... 31 Scenario: Small/Medium 3-Tier Desktop Applications ................................................................................................................... 32 Modernizing desktop business applications ....................................................................................................................................... 33 Modernizing applications based on RIA containers......................................................................................................................... 34 CLOUD APP MODEL FOR OFFICE AND SHAREPOINT .......................................................................................................................................... 35 Apps for Office............................................................................................................................................................................................... 35 Scenario: Connected Apps for Office ..................................................................................................................................................... 39 Apps for SharePoint .................................................................................................................................................................................... 40 Scenario: Connected Apps for SharePoint ........................................................................................................................................... 43 LARGE, MISSION-CRITICAL BUSINESS APPLICATIONS .......................................................................................................................................... 44 .NET in large, mission-critical and core-business applications ................................................................................................... 44 Technology selection for large mission-critical