Originally an optional package for Windows NT, it later became Windows 2000, Windows XP? Optional components of Professional and Windows Server 2003, but IIS is not available on Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10Home version.
IIS includes FTP/FTPS, NNTP, HTTP/HTTPS, SMTP and other services. IIS can set the contents including: virtual directory and access rights, default file name, and whether browsing the directory is allowed.
IIS Express is a lightweight version of IIS, which can be installed in Windows XP Service Pack 3 and later versions of Microsoft Windows. IIS Express can be downloaded and installed separately or as part of the installation of Microsoft WebMatrix.
In addition, Visual Studio? IIS Express is also used to provide virtual site services when writing and testing web pages/websites, so as to avoid the JavaScript on the page being blocked due to security settings when directly opening local web pages.
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get along well with
IIS is developed under the Windows operating system platform, which limits it to run only under this operating system. In Windows XP Professional, some functions of IIS are restricted to distinguish it from Windows Server 2003.
safe
The development of IIS is accompanied by security loopholes; This situation has been improved with the release of IIS 6.0. In versions before 6.0, its user rights were system users; In IIS 6.0, the network service account is introduced, which is a restricted user. In this way, even if the service is destroyed, the system will not be paralyzed.
expansibility
1, FTP publishing service
2. FTP or FTPS services can be provided.
3. Management package
4. Database Administrator
5.Web database management interface.