Understanding the Requirements

We'll briefly cover the hardware and software requirements for both developing and running .NET 3.0 applications. It's important to note that Microsoft may change or update these requirements over time, so it's best to check Microsoft's website for the most up-to-date versions.

Hardware Requirements

Generally, the hardware requirements for running WCF as part of .NET 3.0 are simple. Running on top of .NET 2.0, the base level requirements are directly related to the .NET 2.0 runtime and .NET 2.0 SDK requirements.

NOTE

The .NET runtime and the .NET SDK have different base requirements. Running the SDK, tools, utilities, and compilers requires additional resources. Given that most developers are leveraging Visual ...

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