The patterns & practices Enterprise Library was designed to be a collection of reusable application blocks designed to assist software developers with common enterprise development challenges.

This following application blocks are included: Caching Application Block, Cryptography Application Block, Data Access Application Block, Exception Handling Application Block, Logging Application Block, Policy Injection Application Block, Security Application Block, Validation Application Block, and Unity Application Block.

Here are some key features of "Enterprise Library":

· Support for Visual Studio 2008.
· Integration with the Unity dependency injection container.
· WMI2 support and improved instrumentation.
· Support for pluggable cache managers.
· Performance improvements.


Requirements:

· Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 or later
· Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 development system (any of the following editions):
- Standard Edition
- Professional Edition
- Team Edition for Software Developers
- Team Edition for Software Testers
- Team Edition for Software Architects
- Team Suite