Windows Web Hosting
Windows in the early stages were thought just as a computer on your table or rather known as Personal Computer (PC). However with the release of the NT versions and then later the legendary Windows Server 2000 , Windows Web Hosting started gaining popularity.
Most people in the Web hosting Industry wish to have their website hosted on Windows Web Hosting primarily due to the fact that they have a windows PC at home . However the launch of IIS 7 with the Windows Server 2003 revolutionized the growth of Windows Web Hosting.
There are few questions to be answered to complete the discussion on Windows Web Hosting.
1. Why does people chose Windows Web Hosting?
People does not simply prefer windows web hosting, because they have a Windows machine at home, but because of the platform dependent technologies like ASP.NET , the robust Microsoft SQL Server , and of course the Webserver IIS . These are some of the applications that only Windows Web Hosting can provide, while any open source servers and their applications such as the Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl, Coldfusion etc can be run on both Windows and Linux Platforms. Additionally, unlike the Unix Web Hosting Servers , the server owner can click through the server administration process with ease.
2. What kind of Web Hosting Control panels can be used to manage Windows Servers ?
Windows Web Hosting can be managed using Control panels like Parallels Plesk, Helm, DotNetPanel, Hsphere, DomainController etc which has proven their reliability in the windows platforms. The MMC’s are good enough for the server management, however he control panels are just a form of interface to unify the various servers available .
3. What mail servers can be used in Windows servers ?
The major Mail servers used for windows are Mailenable, SmarterMail, Hmail, Imail etc. All of them can be well integrated to a Web Hosting control panel or using their MMC’s (Micrsoft Management Console).
The strength of Windows Server hosting lies in the Exchange Server Hosting, which has emerged as the most widely used enterprise level Mail server which has taken their sole open sources competitor Zimbra by miles .
Windows Web Hosting servers also has a great deal of security implemented behind the Windows Firewall and the IP Security configuration Wizard.
In short , Windows Web Hosting can replace any feature or additional advantage that a LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL Php ) system can provide you, while the vice versa is not fully possible.
Standing at the Windows Server 2008 version over a 32 bit and 64 bit arcitecture , Windows Web Hosting has taken a turning point and has delivered a very advanced hosting environment to the Internet World.
