Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) is a flexible, secure, and manageable web server that runs on Microsoft Windows operating systems. It allows organizations to host web applications and websites, serving content over the internet or an intranet. Deeply integrated with the Windows…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 1995
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) was created to provide a native, integrated, and performant web server solution for the Windows NT platform. Prior to IIS, Windows NT users lacked a first-party, fully supported web server from Microsoft itself, requiring reliance on third-party solutions that often lacked deep operating system integration or robust enterprise features.
- Platforms
- Windows Server, Windows (client OS for development/testing)
Related technologies
Notable users
- Any organization with significant ASP.NET application deployments
- Government organizations
- Large enterprises running Windows-based IT infrastructure
- Companies utilizing Microsoft's full technology stack