- Master Pages, Themes, and Web Parts
- Introducing the new Navigation Controls (SiteMap , Menu & Treeview)
- Standard controls for security (Introducing the new Login controls)
- Roles, personalization, and internationalization services
- More data access controls
- Full support for XML standards like, XHTML, XML, and WSDL
- Publishing Wizard
- Website Management Tool
- New and improved development tools
- ASP.NET 2.0 has improved support for multiple languages