| Windows Hosting | | | | With the powerful brand name of Microsoft behind |
| Many people select windows operating system for | | | | him or her, the user gets a good deal of support as |
| hosting their website since they are more familiar | | | | well continuous flow of updates. Window server use |
| with the operation of the Microsoft product. hostings | | | | is as easy as using windows itself. However windows |
| and windows servers are the same thing. Developed | | | | hosting requires more resources in comparison to |
| and sold by windows, these servers include access to | | | | Linux hosting. Requirement therefore would be a |
| the ASP or Active Server Pages, Microsoft Access, | | | | larger machine to run the hosting services. In any |
| MS SQL, and Microsoft FrontPage. | | | | case the disadvantages are not major so as to |
| | | | dispense with the windows hosting in favor of Linux |
| ASP, FrontPage, Access, and SQL are all Microsoft | | | | or other operating system hostings. |
| products. ASP is basically web application that allows | | | | Why Windows Hosting |
| the users to build up dynamic web sites, applications, | | | | In fact windows platform is basically choice of two |
| and services. Many websites contain ASP pages | | | | types of people. First type are those that know |
| under the nomenclature ASP.net. FrontPage is HTML | | | | nothing about the website hosting process and the |
| editor and can administer the website allowing the | | | | second type are those who realize that it is the |
| user to add dynamic columns and elements to the | | | | windows hosting that is the best for them. However, |
| page. Microsoft Access is RDBMS or relational | | | | availability of NET technologies like ASP that is |
| database management system that can be very | | | | accessible only on the windows platform only may |
| convenient for small databases and generating forms | | | | prompt many users to go for the windows hosting. |
| and reports. MS SQL servers are on the other hand | | | | ASP technology is perhaps the best for the big |
| database servers constructed following relational | | | | databases with the addition of PHP or Perl and MS |
| model. All these applications are relevant to windows | | | | SQL. One may not find it as convenient using the |
| hosts. | | | | Linux platform for such applications. |
| Pros and Cons of Windows Hosting | | | | |