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<p>Microsoft® Internet Information Server is the Web server integrated with Windows NT Server that makes it easy to publish information and bring business applications to the Web.</p>
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<p><strong>Standards Based</strong></p>
<a href="/iishelp/iis/htm/core/iiwltop.asp">Microsoft® Internet Information Server 4.0</a> complies with the HTTP 1.1 standard, including features such as PUT and DELETE, the ability to customize HTTP error messages, and support for HTTP headers. Also, with support for Virtual Host Headers, you can run many Web sites on a single computer running Windows NT Server. This is critical for most Internet Service Providers, and useful for corporate intranets that want to host multiple intranet sites on the same server.</p>
<p><a href="/iishelp/news/noc01.htm">Microsoft® NNTP Service</a> makes it easy for users in your organization to engage in discussions on various topics with other users inside and outside the organization.
They can read articles by others, post their own articles, and join conversation threads about topics of interest to them.
NNTP Service supports the Internet-standard Network News Transport Protocol (NNTP) and is fully compatible with other NNTP servers and clients.</p>
<p><a href="/iishelp/mail/moc01.htm">Microsoft® SMTP Service</a> uses the standard Internet protocol Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to transport and deliver messages based on specifications in Request for Comments (RFC) 821 and 822. It also includes enhancements that build upon the basic delivery functions of the protocol. There are options available that give you control over the routing and delivery of messages, and that provide secure communications.</p>
<p><strong>Active Content with Debugging </strong></p>
<p>Now you can use server-side scripting and components to create browser-independent dynamic content. <a href="/iishelp/iis/htm/asp/iiwawelc.htm">Microsoft® Active Server Pages</a> provides an easy-to-use alternative to CGI and ISAPI by allowing content developers to embed any ActiveX™ scripting language or server component into their HTML pages. ASP provides access to all of the HTTP request and response streams, as well as standards-based database connectivity and the ability to customize content for different browsers. Web developers can use <a href="/iishelp/debug/sdbug_w.htm">Microsoft® Script Debugger</a> to debug ASP pages containing scripts written in <a href="/iishelp/VBScript/htm/vbstutor.htm">Visual Basic® Scripting Edition (VBScript)</a>, <a href="/iishelp/JScript/htm/jstutor.htm">JScript™</a>, and Java. You can use Script Debugger to set breakpoints, step through scripts, view and change values, and execute commands dynamically.</p>
<p>Administration tools for many Option Pack components, such as IIS 4.0, <a href="/iishelp/mts/html/mtswelcome.html">Microsoft® Transaction Server</a>, <a href="/iishelp/ix/htm/ixdeflt.htm">Microsoft® Index Server</a>, <a href="/iishelp/news/noc01.htm">Microsoft® NNTP Service</a>, and <a href="/iishelp/mail/moc01.htm">Microsoft® SMTP Service</a>, are hosted in <a href="/iishelp/mmc/htm/mmc_welck2.htm">Microsoft® Management Console (MMC)</a>. MMC hosts the programs, called snap-ins, that administrators use to manage their servers. Future releases of Windows NT and Microsoft® BackOffice products, as well as third-party networking products, will continue to adopt MMC as their framework for administrative programs.
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<p><strong>Transactions and Process Isolation</strong></p>
<p><a href="/iishelp/mts/html/mtswelcome.html">Microsoft® Transaction Server</a> (MTS) is a transaction-processing system for developing, deploying, and managing distributed server applications. MTS enables you to package components so they run within transactions. A transaction is a server operation that succeeds or fails as a whole, even if the operation involves many steps. Transaction processing is crucial for many business applications. Web application components are activated when needed and deactivated when not, so that you conserve server resources and increase the number of users who can run your application concurrently. </p>
<p><strong>Security</strong></p>
<p><a href="/iishelp/iis/htm/core/iiabtsc.htm#whatisssl">Secure Sockets Layer</a> (SSL) 3.0 provides a secure way to exchange information between clients and servers. Unlike previous SSL implementations, SSL 3.0 provides a way for the server to verify who the client is, without the user having to log on to the server. In IIS 4.0, client certificates are exposed to both ISAPI and Active Server Pages, so that programmers can track users through their sites. Also, IIS 4.0 “maps” the client certificate to a Windows NT user account, so that administrators can control access to system resources based on the client certificate.</p>
<p><strong>Indexing</strong></p>
<p><a href="/iishelp/ix/htm/ixdeflt.htm">Microsoft® Index Server 2.0</a> provides you with the most powerful search engine available for Windows NT Server. Index Server provides automatic content indexing of HTML pages and other documents stored on corporate intranet servers, such as those created in Microsoft® Office. This tool makes it easier for users to find information without requiring additional administrative overhead. The file search engine for supports searches of Microsoft® Office, HTML, ASP, and NetShow™ file formats in seven languages.
<p>Both IIS 4.0 and Index Server have Web-based administration tools that provide for remote management of your server from almost any browser on any platform. With IIS 4.0, you can set up administrators for individual virtual directories or computers running Windows NT Server. Also, IIS 4.0 ships with an ActiveX administration component that supports the use of VBScript or JScript to perform common administration tasks from the command line.
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<p><strong>Site Analysis Tools </strong></p>
<p><a href="/iishelp/SSE/SSEWelcome.htm">Microsoft® Site Server Express</a> allows site administrators to analyze server log files, visualize and analyze site content, and easily deploy content to an IIS server. Site Server Express offers basic functionality versions of Microsoft Site Server's Analysis and Publishing features.</p>
<p><a href="/iishelp/certsrv/cstitle.htm">Microsoft® Certificate Server</a> is a general-purpose, highly customizable server application for managing the issuance, revocation, and renewal of digital certificates. Digital certificates are used for public-key cryptography applications such as server and client authentication under the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Private Communication Technology (PCT) protocols. With Certificate Server, organizations can perform authentication on a corporate intranet or across the Internet through the use of these certificates.</p>
<p><strong>Database Connectivity</strong></p>
<p><a href="/iishelp/ado/docs/mdacwelc.htm">Microsoft® Data Access Components version 1.5</a> consist of ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) and Remote Data Service (RDS), the Microsoft® OLE DB Provider for ODBC, and Open Database Connectivity (ODBC). These components provide client/server applications—deployed over the Web or an intranet—with easy-to-use, programmatic access to all types of data throughout the enterprise.</p>
<p><strong>Message Queueing Services</strong></p>
<p><a href="/iishelp/msmq/htm/msmqhead.htm">Microsoft® Message Queue (MSMQ) version 1.0</a> makes it easy for application programs to communicate with other application programs quickly, reliably, and asynchronously by sending and receiving messages. The key features of MSMQ, such as ActiveX support, comprehensive security controls, powerful administration tools, extensive feature set, and integration with strategic Microsoft« products such as IIS and MTS, make MSMQ the message queuing product of choice for applications running on Windows 95 and Windows NT.
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<p><strong>Remote Access</strong></p>
<a href="/iishelp/ics/RACWelcome.htm">Internet Connection Services for Microsoft® Remote Access Service (RAS) version 1.0</a> supplements Windows NT Server basic networking services with the provision of seamless and secure telecommuting services via the Internet, outsourcing or reducing current RAS costs, and the ability to provide custom low-cost Internet access to consumer subscribers of an Internet Service Provider. Install these services today to see how Internet Connection Services for RAS can help you significantly reduce remote connectivity costs, improve end-user experience, and enable new business paradigms over the Internet.
