Internet Information Services

Internet Information Services , commonly called IIS , is the server software Web of the platform Windows NT.

History

PWS (Personal Web server): Web server intended for the general public. Provided with version 95,98 and ME of Windows

IIS appears with Windows NT 3.51

IIS 2.0 accompanies Windows NT 4.0

IIS 3.0 accompanies Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 and brings the support of scripts known as " serveurs" Activates Server Pages

IIS 4.0 accompanies Windows NT 4.0 Pack Option. Withdrawal of the support of the protocol Gopher. This one henceforth will be provided but will not be installed by defect

IIS 5.0 accompanies Windows 2000

IIS 5.1 accompanies Windows XP Professional. (To be noted that this version does not make it possible to accept more than 10 simultaneous connections)

IIS 6.0 accompanies Windows Server 2003

IIS 7.0 accompanies Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista,

The reputation of this software was sullied very often in the past following the discovery with several security breaches. It should be mentioned that the first versions were installed with a multitude of optional modules, which widened the horizons of attacks of possible pirates (" crackers "). During last years, Microsoft took note of these facts; the engine of version 6.0 was thus rewritten with an aim of making it more stable and sedentary.

IIS in Windows XP

It is important to mention that waiter IIS is provided only with the versions of the " type; professionnel" system Windows XP. CLUF (" Contract of License of the Final" User; , translation of the initials EULA, is " End To use Agreement" License;) edition " Familiale" of Windows XP does not allow its use in a legal way. However, certain sites offer a procedure to follow to know how to install it with the version " Familiale" in spite of this rule.

Functions

IIS offers a support for several Web technologies such ASP and cgi. The more recent versions of the software are also compatible with the new format of Microsoft, that is to say .NET. With the adapted extensions, it can also lodge applications written in.

Statistics

According to the investigation of Netcraft (September 2007), IIS had approximately 34,94% of the market shares.

To similar date, another investigation, realized by SecuritySpace, did not grant when to it that a thin 20,47% of the shares to waiter IIS compared to 73.28% for Apache.

ASP/ASP.NET

ASP and more recently ASP.NET is two technologies of Web development from Microsoft. Both nativement are nativement supported by waiter IIS (recent versions of IIS only for the asp.NET). The consultation of the articles éponymes offers more details as for construction, with the operation and the development of these languages.

Internal bonds

ISAPI

External bonds

IIS on the site of Microsoft
Guide of installation of IIS for Windows XP Family Édition
To install PHP, MySQL and PhpMyAdmin with IIS on Windows 2003 Server
To install PHP, MySQL and PhpMyAdmin with IIS on Windows XP
Installation of the SSL with IIS
a forum of mutual aid dedicated to IIS

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