Windows 2003 Dedicated Server - a Total Solution for the Web
A Web Hosting Article Contributed by Praveen Jayaraj
What is a Dedicated Server?
A dedicated server is a pre-configured web server used for web hosting where advanced web functionality is needed. Unlike other shared web servers, a dedicated server is used for your web only and in terms of functionality, a dedicated server functions better than a shared server. That means you have full control of the various features of a web server such as type of operating system used and so on. You can configure and optimize a dedicated server in the way you need.
Dedicated servers are needed for web hosting, if your site has high traffic. A dedicated server costs around 50-100 dollars. Here we will discuss important features of the Windows Server 2003 (Web Edition), a dedicated server.
Features of Windows 2003 Dedicated Server
Windows Server 2003 (Web Edition), a wonderful product from Microsoft Corporation, is a total solution for the various web hosting companies, and web application developers to deploy web which needed advanced web functionality. The product has much improved the Internet Information Services 6.0, Microsoft technologies (ASP NET and NET FRAMEWORK) and so, building and hosting of web pages, web applications, XML services, and web pages has made easier than ever before.
The product enables web application developers to add more features to the existing applications and create new web applications without difficulty. Another remarkable feature of Windows Server 2003 (Web Edition) is that web developers can easily develop web services that can communicate with other platforms using standards-based interfaces like SOAP and XML.
All these features lead to a cost-effective web application development environment and thereby the product increases business productivity and flexibility in a large scale.
More on Windows 2003 Dedicated Server
Windows Server 2003 (Web Edition) provides many benefits to the customers. First of all, this product is an economical web server for self hosting firms and that the product is competitively priced. The product supports 2 GB RAM, two-way symmetric multiprocessing, 10 in-bound server message block connections for publishing content. The product provides a highly effective platform for ASP NET based Internet and Intranet deployments.
Windows Server 2003 (Web Edition) can be used to install Internet Information Service (A web server software), and Microsoft Application Center (A web availability management software). Non-web serving application installations are not allowed on this product. However, codes written in third party programming languages can include that programming language's run time components.
There are some limitations for Windows Server 2003 (Web Edition). These include the following. 1) The product can not be a domain controller, (2) Microsoft SQL Server can not be deployed on Windows Server 2003 (Web Edition), and (3) Enterprise Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration Services can not be deployed on Windows Server 2003 (Web Edition). Windows Server 2003 (Web Edition) provides the next generation of web infrastructure capabilities.
Companies or firms which need advanced web functionalities actually benefit from this product. Thus Windows Server 2003 (Web Edition) enables companies or firms to deploy web very easily.
