About Active Server Pages

Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) is a server-side scripting technology that you can use to create and run dynamic, interactive web server applications. With ASP, you can combine HTML pages, script commands, and COM components to create interactive web pages or powerful web-based applications, which are easy to develop and modify.

ASP technology is built directly into Microsoft web servers, such as Microsoft Internet Information Server 3.0 or later (IIS). The following examples show how ASP can be used with IIS:

• Employee handbook information from a database can be updated and browsed using ASP. Changes you make to the database are immediately visible to your employees. Unlike printed copies, online information never has to become obsolete.
• Give every visitor to your site a personalized view of just the information she seeks. On an intranet, for example, you can use ASP to determine the login name of the user. When she visits an employee information page, her name and personal data will be displayed by default, eliminating the need for another login screen.