Articles: Webhosting

Windows web hosting is the principal alternative to Linux/Unix web hosting. A Windows web hosting company provides you with servers that are configured in order to be fully compatible with Microsoft environments and applications. With Windows web hosting you can easily build up your web sites with FrontPage and use databases such as Access or MS SQL. When you opt for a Windows web hosting provider you know that you can offer your developers the possibility to use programming languages such as ASP (Active Server Pages) or ASP.NET. Furthermore you can get fully support for ColdFusion and Visual Basic Scripts.

Choosing a Windows web hosting package generally is the preferred choice for new webmasters and web site owners. For a beginner is much easier to learn how to use Microsoft's hosting applications than to interact from scratch with Unix commands.

Unfortunately due to the fact the all the Microsoft's applications are proprietary the web hosting providers that offer Windows web hosting are usually charging more in comparison with Unix web hosting as they need to pay for licences fees for Microsoft's applications.

Windows web hosting solutions are often selected when an e-commerce site need to be developed. Dynamic scripting languages together with database integration are key elements for an e-commerce web site and can be easily implemented thanks to Windows web hosting components.