MS Windows Web Hosting

Why use Windows Web Server?

Most business users are familiar with Microsoft techologies and when it comes to web servers, people may choose to implement a Windows web server - currently, Windows 2003 is the preferred platform. However, Windows web hosting B2B are usually more costly. To look for low cost and reliable Windows Web hosting, you may have to spend some time researching the Internet.

There are now more business web hosting services and plans that cater for this growing numbers of users. There are several key reasons for using Windows servers including familiarity with Microsoft productivity tools and programming enviroment.

If you are using some specialized applications or VB for your website then a Windows based web server is a must.

Front page is a popular tools for building you corporate website. You can easily publish your web pages to a Windows server- just make sure that the Front Page extensions on the server is enabled. On Windows server, this feature is enabled by default. This is only required if you are uploading using HTTP feature.

Top three Windows servers features:

• ASP
  The one reason you chose a Windows hosting is to use Microsoft Specific Languages such as Active Server Pages tomake your otherwise static HTML pages - dynamic and interactive. All the Windows hosting plans should have ASP as standard.
• .NET
  ASP.net is the latest version of Active Server Page on Microsoft's IIS. ASP.net difffers from ASP in 2 ways. First, you can use it with code written in compiled languages such as C++ and Visual Basic. Second, it has server controls that can separate the code from the textual content and make it easier for you to edit the web pages.
• Databases
  All the windows hosting plans come standard with MS Access 2000 database. For most people, this will suffice. However, if you are looking for more advance MS-SQL, most hosting companies will provide at extra charge. Alternatively, you may use MySQL, more and more Windows hosting plans provide this feature as standard.