Windows Web Hosting – Why Go For Windows Hosting? - hostnamaste/web-hosting GitHub Wiki

I have been working in IT field for the last six years. I was always confused about web hosting, specifically about the types of hosting. It always used to get me confused, which one is better Linux or Windows?

My curiosity brought me to make a search on the pros and cons of both the hosting types. What I felt is that the whole world is still surrounded in this discussion. If a wide majority supports the Windows Hosting, then there is no plenty of people who find the Linux Hosting better.

Both the platforms have different features, advantages and disadvantages. So, I think instead of getting into the debate it is better to discuss their advantages. So that it could help someone in understanding, which one is suitable for his/her requirement?

I am keen to discuss these platforms with you all, but here I am going to discuss Windows Hosting only. I will talk about Linux Hosting in my next article. Here I am with, whatever I gathered from online and other reliable resources.

Advantages of Windows Hosting:

Compatibility with Microsoft applications – Windows is commercially owned by Microsoft, so its main source of power is compatibility with Microsoft applications & software. Because of this it becomes easy for webmasters to develop the websites promptly and interactive too.

Less complicated – Windows Hosting is based on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or 2008 that offers several features that help you to better manage your website. These systems are based on Microsoft NT therefore they provide reliable end to end server management. This is what makes windows hosting less complicated.

Tremendous power – Windows Hosting provides improved security features. It really provides innovative applications that are needed for your website and its user interface is suitable not only for beginners, but for advanced users too. This user interface combines web development environment where.Net Framework and other Microsoft technologies can be deployed to create dynamic web pages and applications. Anyhow the power and features you receive can’t be compared.

**Wide ranging support – **Besides the compatibility with Microsoft products this platform also works well with open source technologies such as Perl, PHP and MySQL. Customer support is another significant factor because of which Windows hosting has been becoming so popular. The component that is built from its IIS to SQL server, all are compatible with each other. For instance, any web site that runs on UNIX-based system can easily be hosted by a windows-based server, but a web site that is running on Windows-based server may not work successfully on UNIX-based system.

Surprisingly Cost Efficient – Windows reseller hosting offers a great advantage of all in one hosting solution, to the resellers. That means a reseller host does not have to host multiple accounts to keep a tab on the number of users. Reseller host can manage all his/her clients through a single control panel. In this way it saves time and money both. This feature makes windows hosting surprisingly cost efficient.

Another thing is that windows hosting has always been costlier than Linux because of proprietary software licensing fee charged by Windows. But until someone needs to have his own server, the hosting can be as affordable as Linux hosting.

I know if we get into technical discussion it is going to be very lengthy. However, I feel these points will be helpful to clear the picture of advantages of Windows hosting, to you.