Windows Hosting - the familiar way to host your Website
Learn what Windows hosting is all about and whether its suitable for your online business.
Microsoft Windows hosting has become the 'standard' operating system for most businesses' servers. This is partly due to its easy to use interface and global brand familiarity.
Windows hosting provides a suitable platform for serving up websites, files, and streaming media. Additionally, Windows hosting integrates well with other Microsoft applications and there are a large amount of commercial applications available for this OS.
You should choose Windows hosting if you are using specific applications such as Access, Cold Fusion, ASP, .Net, and Microsoft SQL, all of which require Microsoft Windows to run them smoothly.
Advantages of Windows hosting
- Well known brand
- Use to use control panel
- Compatible with Microsoft applications
- Easy to use even if you have less technical know-how
- Most worms/viruses are made for Microsoft Windows
- Requires more technical staff to maintain
- More expensive OS.