title: Software factory (Microsoft .NET)
text: # Software factory (Microsoft .NET)
  
  ## Implementations
  
  * The Enterprise Framework Factory (the EFx Factory) from Microsoft Services was one of the first pioneering architectural software factories to use a unique combination of model driven development, and integrated runtime environment tools to build Service-Oriented Enterprise Applications and Services.
     * EFx Factory Blog
  * Microsoft Patterns and Practices Team have developed four software factories:
     * SharePoint Software Factory, for SharePoint 2007/2010 and Visual Studio 2008/2010
     * Smart Client Software Factory, for Visual Studio 2008 (released: April 2008)
     * Web Service Software Factory (released: July 2006, updated December 2006, 2010, a new Service Factory : Modeling Edition version (incompatible with the previous ones) released on November 2007)
     * Mobile Client Software Factory (released: July 2006)
  * Project Glidepath is a Micro ISV-oriented Software Factory, also from Microsoft.
     * Project Glidepath Blog
     * Project Glidepath Forums
  * NConstruct is Windows and Web rapid enterprise application development tool and environment for .NET Framework environment.
  