Windows Web Hosting

Windows Web Hosting is the hosting service provided on the Microsoft Windows Operating Systems. IIS server is used to serve the web pages on the windows platform. Windows platform provides the tools for developing web applications fast, due to this most of the development work are done on the windows platform. In most of the cases the Windows Hosing Services providers provide 99.99% uptime. Windows Web Hosting are mostly provided on Winodws NT, Winodws 2000 & Windows 2003 servers.

IIS Servers 
Internet Information Server or IIS for short, is a group of Internet servers (including a Web or Hypertext Transfer Protocol server and a File Transfer Protocol server) used to host the web applications on the windows platform. Apache server can also be used on windows environment for web hosting. IIS server provides a lot of administrative program for building and administrating web sites.

You can use the windows hosting service to host your web applications developed using ASP, ASP.NET, Active-X Controls, COM objects and CGI.

Windows environment supports ASP, ASP.NET, CGI and PHP. It can also support J2EE applications by using any J2EE enabled application servers.

Database Servers on Windows Hosting
On the Windows Hosing servers the commonly available database servers are MSAccess and Microsoft SQL Server. But it depends on the web hosting providers to providers. Many web hosting server providers also support MySQL on the web hosting servers. Some of the Windows Hosting Service providers also supports DB2 and Oracle databases on the Windows Hosing Servers.

Comparison of key features, which are available for the Windows and Linux/Unix platforms.

Features	Windows	Unix/Linux
MS FrontPage 2000, 2002 support	Yes	Yes
Flash Support	Yes	Yes
Shockwave support	Yes	Yes
Real Audio/Video support	Yes	Yes
Cgi Scripts support	Yes	Yes
Perl support	Yes	Yes
PHP support	Yes	Yes
SSH (Secure Telnet) support	Yes	Yes
MySQL support	Yes	Yes
Web-Based Control System support		Yes
Anonymous FTP support	Yes	Yes
Web Site Graphical Statistics support	Yes	Yes
Web-Based Email System support	Yes	Yes
SQL 2000 support	Yes
Miva/XML support	Yes	Yes
Cold Fusion support	Yes	Yes
ASP/ASP.NET support	Yes	Yes
MS Access support	Yes
Visual Basic Scripts support	Yes
Windows Media support	Yes
Cost	High	Low
Reliability	High	OK

Windows Hosting Providers

1. seekdotnet.com
   SeekDotNet offers Windows and ASP.NET web hosting at an affordable and cheap price. We are 100% focused on Windows Web Hosting especially in ASP and ASP.net area. We provide cheap web hosting service with outstanding technical supports and 99.9% uptime guarantee. All web hosting plans support ASP.NET hosting, ASP hosting, ASP2.0 Beta 2 hosting, PHP hosting, MySQL hosting,and DotNetNuke hosting. SeekDotNet customers may request FREE installation of the latest DotNetNuke, Community Server, Sharepoint, PHPBB Forum and ASP.NET Starter Kit on any hosting plans.
       
2. Best-Machine
   Best-Machine is a leading web hosting company providing Windows Hosting. We provide a wide range of hosting solutions with great features, low price, and high quality. Our 24x7 support is always there when you need it. 
      
3. India Internets
   India Internets - a premier web hosting India company - provides Linux web hosting and windows web hosting, domain name registration services, website designing, website promotion, e-commerce solutions with fast and reliable connectivity and excellent customer support.
     
4. Ready Hosing
   Welcome to Ready Hosting, the all inclusive Windows Hosting Provider with an easy One Plan Windows Hosting solution. The added features under ASP.NET Hosting and Coldfusion MX Hosting will give you flexibility for all your windows web hosting needs.
      
5. Securemate
   Secure Mate is Fast, Reliable and Affordable Windows Hosting, ASP Hosting, ASP.NET Hosting Starting from $8.95. Get the Fast and Reliable Windows Hosting that you have always wanted on our latest Windows 2003 ASP.NET Server! 
       
6. WinSave
   With collectively more than 100 years in the Windows hosting world, our unmatched expertise enables us to provide the most reliable, robust and stable hosting for our customers' websites. 
      
7. FineHost
   FineHost offer windows web hosting at an affordable price. All web hosting plans support ASP. ASP. Net, PHP, Access, MY SQL, MS SQL with Enterprise Access and free website applications. For as low as $9.00 per month we will provide you with the tools necessary to get your website up and running. 
      
8. 1PlanHost
   1Plan Host is Windows Hosting Service provider. It support Windows 2003 hosting with ASP and ASP.NET support.