The Microsoft® .NET Framework is a software framework that can be installed on computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems. It includes a large library of coded solutions to common programming problems and a virtual machine that manages the execution of programs written specifically for the framework.

.NET's Base Class Library provides a range of features including user interface, data and data access, database connectivity, cryptography, web application development, numeric algorithms, and network communications. Programmers combine the class library with their own code to produce new applications.

The Microsoft .NET Visual Basic courseware listed in this category are organized by release for easier indexing and cover all facets of the learning requirements from basic overviews to developing applications using specific development environments.

If you are looking for Visual Basic training materials specific to different technology please consult one of the following Visual Basic courseware categories:

• Visual Basic Language
• ADO.NET and LINQ using Visual Basic
• ASP.NET and AJAX using Visual Basic
• Sharepoint using Visual Basic
• Silverlight using Visual Basic
• Testing with Visual Basic
• Web Services and WCF using Visual Basic
• Windows Forms and WPF using Visual Basic
• Workflow using Visual Basic
• XML using Visual Basic