IIS the back bone of Windows Hosting
Internet Information Services or IIS is a product from Microsoft for use with Microsoft Windows. It is web server application with dynamic set of well derived applications. Earlier it was called as Internet Information Server. IIS is the most used web server after the gaint application Apache. So IIS is web server application that can be used for a ftp server, web server or a mail server. Microsoft has gave it the best to make it a perfect application.
IIS is an application that is available with most of the Windows Server editions. IIS is the main part of Windows Web Hosting services or we can say it is the back bone of windows hosting. IIS requires the service packs , patches and hot fixes, even though those things are available online; it is perfect that Web hosts should go forward after installing all the requiremnets and patches etc.
How to Install IIS ?
- Open Control Panel
- Click Add/Remove Programs
- Click Windows Components Wizard
- Then Click IIS
- Select needed components and Install it
As related to the biggest debate on Linux and Windows; Windows more vulnureable to virus attacks; it should be make sure that you should be having a thorough check in the system with IIS regularly. It is highly recommended that you should go forward with IIS only after making the server maximum secure.
