Microsoft Enterprise Library

Enterprise Library
Developer(s)Microsoft and Community
Stable release
6.0.1304.0 / 25 April 2013; 11 years ago (2013-04-25)
Operating systemWindows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008, and above
Platform.NET Framework
TypeSoftware Factory
LicenseMicrosoft Public License opensource.org/licenses/ms-pl
Websitemsdn.microsoft.com/entlib
www.codeplex.com/entlib

The Microsoft Enterprise Library is a set of tools and programming libraries for the Microsoft .NET Framework. It provides APIs to facilitate proven practices in core areas of programming including data access, logging, exception handling and others. Enterprise Library is provided as pluggable binaries and source code, which can be freely used and customized by developers for their own purposes. It also ships with test cases and quickstarts.