What is Windows Web Hosting?

Windows Web Hosting offers a hosting service which is built upon the Windows operating system and offers developers the ability to host web sites that use ASP, ASP.NET and MSSQL. This allows the developer to create a dynamic site which also has the ability to run other web standards such as PHP and MySQL.

Windows Web Hosting is the main rival to Unix / Linux Web Hosting which is the open source alternative. Windows Web Hosting is generally more expensive than its open source competitor due to the license fees which have to be paid to Microsoft. This does give you the added benefit of using a Windows based system which many people will find much easier to use.

Windows Web Hosting packages can be operated by using a remote desktop which gives the user a desktop package with the familiarity of a Windows operating system. This can be used to optimise the server being used to host the web site. Although this may not give you as much control as a Unix Server, the major benefit is in the use of a graphical interface.

Many developers will make the final decision of their web hosting package depending on the language that they want to develop their site in. Windows Hosting, although slightly more expensive, has the added benefit of being able to integrate with other Microsoft products.

For a list of Windows Web Hosting providers please visit our Windows Web Hosting Spotlight Category page