Get reliable, real-world answers to your questions about application deployment for Microsoft® .NET. This guide provides practical, prescriptive guidance for administrators monitoring and maintaining enterprise-level business applications based on the.NET Framework within hybrid data center environments. It also provides key information for developers designing and creating these .NET Framework-based applications. Focusing on three critical areas--security, monitoring and reporting, and sizing and capacity planning--the book recommends best solutions within each scenario. All PATTERNS & PRACTICES guides are reviewed and approved by Microsoft engineering teams, consultants, partners, and customers--delivering accurate, real-world information that's been technically validated and tested.