\paperw8325 \margr0\margl0\ATXph0 \plain \fs20 \f1 Microsoft has three levels of Web servers that actually ensure your Web pages reach their destination.\par
\par
The mos
t basic Internet Web service, lets you rent disk space on your Internet Service Provider (ISP) Web servers and simply upload your Web pages to your ISP whenever you change them. At this basic level, Microsoft will shortly be offering Peer Web Services fo
r the Desktop. These will allow you to publish your Web pages directly from your own Windows NT Workstation or Windows 95 PC without an intervening server. In fact, Peer Web Services are really designed to provide the simplest possible method of publishi
ng your own Web data. \par
\par
The next level is the Internet Information Server or IIS. This is shipped as standard with the Windows NT Server 4.0 operating system and is the easiest ëout-of-the-boxí Web Server installation around; with a couple of m
ouse clicks, you can have your own Internet Server up and running as you install or upgrade to Windows NT Server 4.0. \par
\par
To create a Web site which is always available to the external Internet, in addition to the IIS, youíll probably need to use
a dedicated communications link to an ISP which will then act as a gateway for your IIS system. The IIS is ideally suited to the secure handling of these links at whatever speed and capacity you require. The IIS is suitable for small or large-scale (man
y thousands of users) corporate Intranets. Based on Windows NT Server, the IIS copes well with the other Web site issues, such as security, 24-hour availability and throughput. But if you want to handle things on a slightly larger scale ñ a million users
or more ñyouíll need Microsoftís ëNormandyí commercial Internet server. This is the technology that powers Microsoftís own Internet service ñ the Microsoft Network or MSN.
