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ZNet India Standardizes Messaging Infrastructure, Enhances Services:
http://www.microsoft.com/india/CustomerEvidence/details.aspx?casestudyid=558&type=V

Indian Hosting Company Offers Fully Loaded Dedicated Hosting and Hyper-V Based Virtual Private Servers to Customers: http://www.microsoft.com/india/CustomerEvidence/details.aspx?casestudyid=557&type=C

Web hosting is essential to conduct any type of business over the internet. Making the right decision in this regard is the key to successful business but some points can always help to choose the right web hosting services.

Here, it is essential to first understand what Windows based web hosting is all about. Windows based web hosting, in simple words, is the type where web server has a Windows based operating system. Benefits of using Windows server are manifold which gets enhanced by using Windows 2008 hosting because the server infrastructure becomes more reliable. Some other basic benefits are mentioned below.

• One good advantage is available in the form of .net framework which is arguably the best product by Microsoft after Windows.
• Using ASP and ASP.NET is much easier with Windows 2008 hosting.
• Windows 2008 hosting allows you to make use of different programming scripting languages. What it means is that along with using ASP and ASP.NET, you can also make use of PHP, Perl, Python and the rich .net framework.
• Windows 2008 hosting helps you to use MySQL and Microsoft SQL on the same computer which allows you to host different sites created in different environment.
• Security of Windows server 2008 is also impressive. Because of the availability of Network Access Protection, Read-Only Domain Controller and Federated Rights Management you get such security shield which is just unprecedented.

Benefits of Windows 2008 hosting are many but these benefits basically depends on making the right decision pertaining to a hosting company. While buying a hosting plan, confirming the availability of some features is a good idea. These features include Microsoft IIS Manager Access, Trust Level Control, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows CardSpace and software like DOTNETNUKE, ASP POLL, NGALLERY, U GUESTBOOK, WORDPRESS, etc.