What does a modern, standard Microsoft-based technology stack look like? [closed]

Question

Let's say I asked Microsoft to describe the perfect, modern, Microsoft-based technology stack to power a standard e-commerce web site, which perhaps has a simple 2-tier web/database architecture. What would it be like? Yes, I'm just looking for a list of product / technology names.

For example, in the J2EE world, I might describe a stack that includes:

• J2EE 6 standard
• JavaServer Faces
• Glassfish 3
• MySQL 5.1.x

I'm guessing this stack includes some combination of .NET, SQL Server, ASP.NET, IIS, etc. but I am not familiar with this world. Looking for ideas on the equivalent in Microsoft-land.

Answer 1

To take just one example:

• MVC ASP.NET
• IIS 7
• .NET 4.5
• Entity Framework
• SQL SERVER 2012

All on Windows Server 2012

Just like in the Java world however, there are a lot more choices - that's even sticking with just Microsoft.

Answer 2

Your typical Microsoft stack probably looks like this:

• IIS 7
• ASP.NET 4
• ASP.NET MVC 2 or Web Forms (MVC is probably considered to be the more modern technology)
• Entity Framework 4
• SQL Server 2008

You can substitute non-Microsoft technology at some points in the stack. The database server is probably the most common place to do this. I have used Oracle, PostgreSQL and MySQL with ASP.NET in addition to SQL Server. As long as you have an ADO.NET driver you're good to go.