Use custom-built .NET Framework 4.0 classes to connect an ASP.NET Web application to a SQL Server 2012 database.

ASP.NET Web API is a solid communications framework, and many applications can benefit from breaking free of IIS by including an embedded ASP.NET Web API server.

Microsoft is readying a first public beta of a new Web server, known as IIS Express, which combines the use of the Microsoft ASP.Net Web Server with the full power of IIS, according to a Microsoft ...

At this time, no. ASP.Net Core is not a simple upward compatible replacement for ASP.Net. It requires a different way of thinking about the web server interface and how the system should be supported.