Microsoft .NET increases the benefits that System 7 provides.

Microsoft .NET provides a highly productive, standards-based environment for developing next-generation Web applications and services, together with the agility to solve the challenges of Internet-scale applications. All of the System 7 software modules and components are developed using .NET, with which System 7 shares many values and objectives, including the componentization of functionality and support for open standards including XML, XML Web Services, SOAP and RSS.

Because .NET is the foundation of the System 7 software, the System 7 team is able to create extremely flexible and extensible components and modules, and innovate and respond to online publishers requirements faster than would otherwise be possible. Microsoft .NET helps System 7 deliver richer end-user experiences, the highest possible levels of reliability and performance, strong security, maximum scalability and ease of integration with publishers' existing systems.