* Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0, Microsoft's latest Web server, which will be part of the upcoming Vista OS. IIS 7.0 ships later this week. It features configuration, administration, and extensibility enhancements.

"Among other things, it unifies the configuration between IIS and ASP.Net," Guthrie said.

* SharePoint 2007, which will be available shortly as part of the Office 2007 package. Built on ASP.Net, the new SharePoint release features collaboration, document-sharing, portal management, and business intelligence.

* Expression Web Designer, a Web design tool due later in 2007 and featuring HTML and ASP.Net support. It functions with Visual Studio.

Guthrie noted that Tuesday is the one-year anniversary of the launches of Visual Studio 2005 and ASP.Net 2.0.