IIS (Internet Information Service) – Baisc Information About IIS Server

Internet information services used for web server, Internet Information Service built in component of windows server 2003 that it is allows access to resources on the server through various Internet protocols, such as POP3 IMAP4, HTTP SMTP and FTP.

Internet Information Service 7.5 as support operating system windows server 2008, it is latest update to the Internet information service 7.0 server

Internet Information Service contents are:-

1Versions
2 Histories
3 Microsoft Web Platform Installer
4 Securities
5 Authentication Mechanisms
6 Versions 7.0
7 Versions 7.5
8 IIS Media Pack
9 See also
10 References
11 External links

Internet Information Service Support Versions are:-

IIS 1.0, Windows NT 3.51 available as a free add-on
IIS 2.0, Windows NT 4.0
IIS 3.0, Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3
IIS 4.0, Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack
IIS 5.0, Windows 2000
IIS 5.1, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Media Center Edition
IIS 6.0, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
IIS 7.0, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista (Business, Enterprise, Ultimate Editions)
IIS 7.5, Windows Server 2008 R2 (Beta) and Windows 7 (Beta)

Microsoft Internet Information Service 7.0 is latest version of their web server, Internet information service has been designed to most secure and flexible web and application plat form from Microsoft.

Internet Information Service media Pack is a set of a free modules for forwarding digital audio and video files from Internet information service 7.0 web server. The Internet Information service media pack provides cost saving and control benefit of streaming media server to web server to delivery of medial files.

Microsoft Web Installer platform is a simple tool that installs Microsoft's entire Web Platform including are:

IIS
Visual Web Developer 2008 Express Edition
SQL Server 2008 Express Edition
Microsoft .NET Framework
Silver light Tools for Visual Studio

Supported Operating Systems as is : Windows Vista RTM, Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 Supported Architectures: x86 and 64-bit.

Authentication Mechanisms:-

Internet Information Service supports the following authentication mechanisms:
Basic access authentication
Digest access authentication
Integrated Windows Authentication
.NET Passport Authentication