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Microsoft Application PlatformThe Microsoft Application Platform is a comprehensive and integrated set of tools and technologies which provide capabilities that help you maximize value from your application portfolio. Click here to learn more.
Platform OverviewApplications are the bridge between your business processes and the IT department. An Application Platform provides a set of capabilities that help you get better value from your application portfolio. Application Platforms typically comprise three layers:
- Infrastructure:
The Infrastructure layer forms the foundation of an Application Platform. Infrastructure provides core security, virtualization, identity, access, and networking services.
- Database:
The database layer uses these infrastructure services to store, retrieve, and analyze application data. Database systems process application transactions, collect information from multiple systems, and provide tools for reporting and analysis.
- Middle Tier:
The middle tier provides business logic and connects multiple systems and applications with each other. In this layer, Application servers handle transactions between applications and systems, Enterprise integration services make disparate systems work together, and Workflow services define business processes.
Why Microsoft?More businesses choose the Microsoft Application Platform as the foundation of their business applications than any other technology vendor. By choosing the Microsoft Application Platform, your business can get more value from the applications it runs today, and more rapidly create new applications that meet your changing business needs.
Platform SolutionsThe Microsoft Application Platform is a collection of technologies that work together, providing a consistent experience from configuring your infrastructure to building your applications. These include:
Key TechnologiesWhen you build your business applications on the Microsoft Application Platform, you can run it on premise, in the cloud, or a hybrid of both. It can be accessed by any client, from a PC, mobile device or browser. You manage it with a consistent and intuitive set of tools giving your developers one experience.
The key Microsoft technologies cover infrastructure, databases, middleware, and applications, with nearly identical experiences on-premises and in the cloud. Use them for the entire process of building and maintaining applications, through design, development, testing, deployment, management, and security. Click here to learn more.
Getting Started with Microsoft Application PlatformTo get started with the Microsoft Application Platform, you'll begin by evaluating your needs and your current platform to figure out how best Microsoft can provide the right solution for your business. Start by contacting a knowledgeable Microsoft sales representative to schedule an on-site strategy briefing with a member of the Enterprise Platform Modernization team. Or feel free to e-mail us directly at pmaweb@microsoft.com.
Modernization Benefits
- Cost Savings
Improved productivity results in reduced labor costs for development, and increased system vendor choice improves procurement prices and terms. Also, Windows software and Intel / AMD systems typically sell for significantly less than their mainframe equivalent. Although a migrated application may result in substantial cost savings, the total cost savings are capped until the fixed overhead of the mainframe, midrange or UNIX system is eliminated.
- Supportability
Platform Modernization solves issues around the availability of skilled computer professionals. Migration also enables companies to choose between systems from multiple manufacturers on which to run those applications, and from multiple suppliers. Overall supportability improves the more applications are moved off the mainframe.
- Agility
Agility is determined by the features of the applications themselves, the development environment, and the application infrastructure. If you migrate an application to Windows, your programmers can then use the native capabilities of the Microsoft developer tools and applications like Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Biztalk Server, enhancing their productivity and reducing time to market for new applications. Agility improves the more these Microsoft products are used in the application.
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