Migrating to ASP.NET

The topics in this section describe how to migrate to ASP.NET version 2.0 from previous ASP.NET versions and from ASP. ASP.NET 2.0 includes significant improvements over previous versions of ASP.NET in many areas, including productivity, flexibility and extensibility, performance, and security. The .NET Framework version 2.0 provides a high degree of support for backward compatibility. Most applications created using the .NET Framework version 1.0 or 1.1 will run on the .NET Framework 2.0. You can use features of ASP.NET 2.0 in your existing applications, provided they are running on the .NET Framework 2.0. However, to get the most benefit from ASP.NET 2.0, it is recommended that you migrate your application to use the ASP.NET 2.0 Web application page model and folder structure.

For information on migrating from platforms other than ASP or ASP.NET as well as general migration questions, see the ASP.NET Development Center for Migration.

In This Section

• Migration Overview
  Provides information on general considerations for migrating to ASP.NET 2.0 from previous versions of ASP.NET.

• Migrating ASP.NET 1.x Applications to ASP.NET 2.0
  Provides information on migrating ASP.NET 1.x applications to ASP.NET 2.0 and running existing applications on ASP.NET 2.0.

• Migrating ASP Pages to ASP.NET
  Provides general information on migrating classic ASP pages to ASP.NET.

• COM Component Compatibility
  Provides information on using COM components in ASP.NET pages compared to using them in ASP pages.

Related Sections

• Accessing Data with ASP.NET
  Describes how to bind data from a SQL Server database to ASP.NET Web server controls.

• ASP.NET Configuration Overview
  Describes the ASP.NET configuration system.

• Creating ASP.NET Web Applications
  Explains how to create Web applications using ASP.NET.

• Optimizing Performance in ASP.NET
  Provides guidelines for practices that can make ASP pages migrated to ASP.NET run faster.

See Also

Concepts

What's New in ASP.NET
Version Compatibility
What's New in the ASP.NET Web Page Model
ASP.NET Web Site Layout

Other Resources

Side-by-Side Support in ASP.NET
ASP.NET MMC Snap-In
ASP.NET Development Center for Migration