Advantages of Windows Hosting

[robinhood12]

Hello friends,
Advantages of Windows Hosting

There are several advantages to selecting a Windows Hosting platform, as well as
disadvantages. We will go through each of the advantages in this column and outline why Windows Hosting may be right for your website.

The .Net Framework

If your website relies on .net or visual basic, Windows hosting is an excellent choice. In fact, it’s the only choice that will provide you what you need to accomplish building a website with these languages. Unix hosting is not able to use these languages and if you need to use either, it is essential that you select a Windows Hosting platform.

Front Page Extensions

If you use the popular web design program, Microsoft Front Page, having a Windows Hosting platform will make your life a lot easier. You won’t have to worry about making sure your server supports extensions, as you would with a Unix platform.

Easier to Use

If you are familiar with the Windows operating system, having a Windows based server will make the learning process much easier. You won’t have to worry about learning a new language just to maintain your website. For beginners, this is a definite plus.

.ASP and Dynamically Database Driven Pages

If you plan to use Active Server Pages or .ASP or if you need to have a dynamically database driven website, Windows is superior in this regard. In fact, Unix servers do not support

.ASP, which makes your choice clear if you plan to use this popular scripting language on your site.

In fact, the popularity of .ASP is inducing many site owners to make the switch over to a Windows Hosting platform, even if they have used a Unix platform for years.

Access Compatibility

If your website needs to collect its data from an Access database, a Windows server will be able to integrate this database seamlessly. While there are many database options, such as MySQL, many people prefer to use Access. A Windows server will be able to make integration much easier.

Development

If you use Visual Interdev or plan to develop Windows based applications on your site, than a Windows platform will obviously be the best choice for you. Unix does not support Windows development programs and if this is the development language of your choice, you would be best served by a Windows based server.

Thanks

[manissub]

thanks for you sharing, useful information

[jully]

NET technologies, such as ASP are accessible on the Windows platform. If you have a site created on Microsoft. NET technologies, you will have to select a hosting on a Windows server.ASP.NET technology is very interesting itself, as the language is compiled. It has a lot of additions and can bet any php or perl. Windows hosting can also support Net Framework, MSSQL.One more advantage is that with Unix you will never manage to work properly with ASP and ASP.NET, but Windows can "co-work" with almost all popular PHP/MySQL scripts and additions.
If you need a big database for a company, Windows platform will be the best choice.

[iWeb-Sly]

Great post, very useful

[Lincxu]

almost all features of a windows server..

[go4hosting02]

Hosting companies in India offer both Linux as well as Windows VPS services. The Windows VPS India services have some unique features that are not found in Linux VPS India services and vice-versa. The Indian service providers have developed the required infrastructure and now have the skilled professionals to provide the best of hosting services that can be offered anywhere in the world.

The cheap VPS India service from some companies is provided with a view to provide customizations to the business who wants to go online or manage their data with a data center India service. The Linux VPS India service is known to provide economical solutions as Linux is an open source framework. Windows VPS India facility is expected to deliver for providing the most technically advanced applications as well as providing the most comprehensive online security from online intrusion or threats.

Originally Posted by robinhood12

Hello friends,
Advantages of Windows Hosting

There are several advantages to selecting a Windows Hosting platform, as well as
disadvantages. We will go through each of the advantages in this column and outline why Windows Hosting may be right for your website.

The .Net Framework

If your website relies on .net or visual basic, Windows hosting is an excellent choice. In fact, it’s the only choice that will provide you what you need to accomplish building a website with these languages. Unix hosting is not able to use these languages and if you need to use either, it is essential that you select a Windows Hosting platform.

Front Page Extensions

If you use the popular web design program, Microsoft Front Page, having a Windows Hosting platform will make your life a lot easier. You won’t have to worry about making sure your server supports extensions, as you would with a Unix platform.

Easier to Use

If you are familiar with the Windows operating system, having a Windows based server will make the learning process much easier. You won’t have to worry about learning a new language just to maintain your website. For beginners, this is a definite plus.

.ASP and Dynamically Database Driven Pages

If you plan to use Active Server Pages or .ASP or if you need to have a dynamically database driven website, Windows is superior in this regard. In fact, Unix servers do not support

.ASP, which makes your choice clear if you plan to use this popular scripting language on your site.

In fact, the popularity of .ASP is inducing many site owners to make the switch over to a Windows Hosting platform, even if they have used a Unix platform for years.

Access Compatibility

If your website needs to collect its data from an Access database, a Windows server will be able to integrate this database seamlessly. While there are many database options, such as MySQL, many people prefer to use Access. A Windows server will be able to make integration much easier.

Development

If you use Visual Interdev or plan to develop Windows based applications on your site, than a Windows platform will obviously be the best choice for you. Unix does not support Windows development programs and if this is the development language of your choice, you would be best served by a Windows based server.

Thanks

[eric_pu]

There are anti-windows haters, there are Linux fanatics and more. The truth is it depends on what you are doing.To be honest,I prefer the Linux-based hosting.

[samdonna]

Hi!
Windows hosting is offered by Microsoft. By utilizing windows hosting you will get regular support and updates. One of the big advantages of utilizing windows hosting is that majority of the people who utilize windows as an OS on the computer find it to be user friendly. You get an option of utilizing popular Microsoft tools such as MS FrontPage, MS Access and MS SQL.
Thank You.

[alfiealvins]

All sites are now running on a Windows server or Web server based on Linux. The vast majority of websites running on a Linux platform such as Linux has a good reputation for safety and performance of Web server. With a standard (static) websites that have HTML Web-hosting platform is not much difference. When he makes a difference, however, when the site uses a dynamic scripting technology ASP (Microsoft Technologies A-base), or PHP / Perl (Linux-based technologies). A solution based on Windows hosting is running a Microsoft Windows server with IIS (Internet Information Server), and is needed to run an ASP / ASP.NET scripted site. A Linux platform is generally used for PHP, Perl, and most other types of websites. Basically, unless your site uses ASP (pages end in ASP extension), Windows hosting is not required.

[WHUK]

Microsoft has various applications like asp.net, MS-SQL and various others. If a user wants to use all the Microsoft applications than he prefers only a Windows based Hosting plan as the all the Microsoft applications can run swiftly and are compatible only on a Windows platform.