A group within MicrosoftCorporation that publishes guidelines for system design, maintenance, and management.  Current work focuses on DotNet-related architectures and patterns.

Home page: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/practices/

Architecture Center: http://msdn.microsoft.com/architecture

To purchase printed material: http://shop.microsoft.com/practices/

WardCunningham, the creator of the WikiWikiWeb, has been working for M''''''icrosoftPatternsAndPractices since December of 2003.

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See also ApplicationArchitectureForDotNet, EnterpriseSolutionPatternsUsingMicrosoftDotNet
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CategoryDotNet