Internet Information Services

Internet Information Services (IIS) is a web server developed by Microsoft that is commonly used in conjunction with ASP.NET for hosting web applications. IIS provides a secure, scalable, and reliable platform for hosting web applications, and includes a range of tools and features for managing and monitoring web applications.

Some of the key features and benefits of IIS in ASP.NET applications include:

Web Hosting – IIS provides a robust platform for hosting web applications, supporting a wide range of protocols and technologies, including HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and SMTP.

Security – IIS provides a range of security features, including support for SSL/TLS encryption, authentication, and access control, which help to protect web applications from unauthorized access and attacks.

Scalability – IIS is designed to deliver high performance and scalability, even under high load conditions, making it ideal for use in large-scale web applications.

Monitoring and Management – IIS includes a range of tools for monitoring and managing web applications, including support for application-level monitoring and diagnostic tools. Integration with ASP.NET – IIS integrates seamlessly with ASP.NET, providing developers with a range of tools and components for building and deploying web applications.

Internet Information Services (IIS) is Microsoft’s premier Web server product that comes free with the latest versions of Windows. As a platform, IIS delivers Web pages and Web services as requested by a browser or other application.

You can run IIS on your developer workstation, over your company’s intranet, or expose it to the vast public on the Internet. However, unless you’re running a large business on the Internet, you probably use IIS through an independent hosting company. These hosters are specialists who rent space on their servers, sell bandwidth, maintain connections to the Internet, and schedule backups.

During the development stage in Visual Web Developer, you may not use IIS at all. VWD includes a light Web server that does almost everything you need on your local development machine. When you’re satisfied with the pages and code, you transfer the site to an IIS machine from within VWD.