Description

The Windows operating system is the key component of any Windows hosting operation. In 2007, this platform received an added boost of power with the introduction of Windows Server 2008, Microsoft’s most advanced server operating system to be released thus far. The built-in web services, management tools and virtualization technologies can dramatically enhance the quality and reliability of almost any Windows hosting infrastructure.

Why Windows Hosting?

Good question. Windows hosting is more for websites that use specific applications like ASP.NET, MSSQL, MS Access, Expression Web, Plesk, FrontPage, Windows Streaming Media, or any of the other Microsoft proprietary technologies.

If those terms look Greek to you, then Windows hosting is not for you. Linux hosting suits you best as you basically do not need to be tech savvy just to host your website with it. That explains why most people (even tech savvy) go with Linux hosting.

Windows Hosting Costs More than Linux Hosting?

Not exactly.

In dedicated server hosting, you can generally find them charging the same price for the same web hosting plan. It’s the hardware difference that makes their price the same.

But in shared hosting, Windows server tends to cost higher. Simply because Microsoft develops and owns Windows operating system, whereas Linux is an open source Unix-like operating system that is generally free. Also, Windows uses more resources, hence you pay more for Windows hosting in a shared server.

Windows Web Hosting

Windows hosting is a good option for people who are familiar with Microsoft technologies, as this is a MS product and easily integrates with other MS products.Windows hosting supports various popular frameworks such as ColdFusion and ASP.net., as well as SQL databases.

Windows applications which require a Windows server:
ASP.NET
MSSQL
MS Access
Visual Basic development
Remote Desktop (dedicated servers only)

Windows Hosting
The process of web hosting on a web server that uses Microsoft
Windows as its operating platform.
Useful for database functionality and dynamic content generation.

Advantage of Windows Servers

The main “advantage” or distinction of Windows servers is that they can run Microsoft software such as Access and MS SQL databases. Windows servers also offer web developers the use of Microsoft’s programming environments such as Active Server Pages (ASP), Visual Basic Scripts, MS Index Server.Users can develop web site using the familiar interface of Microsoft tools such as, Visual Interdev, and Microsoft Access. With ASP users can develop a database-driven web site using Microsoft Access and Microsoft SQL as the database

web hosting service

A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their own website accessible via the World Wide Web. Web hosts are companies that provide space on a server they own or lease for use by their clients as well as providing Internet connectivity, typically in a data center. Web hosts can also provide data center space and connectivity to the Internet for servers they do not own to be located in their data center, called colocation.