What does IIS mean

IIS is the abbreviation of English Internet Information Server, translated into Chinese is the meaning of "Internet Information Service". It is Microsoft's main push server, and the latest version is that Windows2003 contains IIS 6,iis that are fully integrated with WINDOWNT server, enabling users to take advantage of Windows NT Server and NTFS (NT File System, NT file system) built-in security features to build strong, flexible and secure Internet and intranet sites.
IIS supports HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Hypertext Transfer Protocol), FTP (Fele Transfer Protocol, File Transfer Protocol), and SMTP protocol, by using CGI and ISAPI, IIS can get a high degree of expansion.

IIS supports language-independent scripting and components, and through IIS developers can develop a new generation of dynamic, glamorous web sites. IIS does not require developers to learn new scripting languages or to compile applications, IIS fully supports VBSCRIPT,JSCRIPT development software and Java, and it also supports CGI and wincgi, as well as ISAPI extensions and filters.

IIS supports the Microsoft BackOffice family of server applications, and the Microsoft BackOffice Series includes the following:
1,microsoft Exchange Server client/server communications and group software;
2,mirrosoft Proxy Server;
3, Microsoft SNA Server for connecting to the IBM Enterprise network;
4, Microsoft Systems Management Server for centralized management of distributed systems;
5,microsoft Commercial Internet System (MCIS).

IIS is designed to create an integrated set of server services to support HTTP,FTP and SMTP, providing fast, integrated, and extensible Internet servers.

IIS is highly relevant and consumes the least amount of system resources, and IIS is fairly simple to install, manage, and configure because IIS is tightly integrated with the Windows NT Server network operating system, and IIS also uses Windows NT Server the same Sam (Security Accounts Manager, secure account manager), for administrators, IIS uses such as Performance Monitor and SNMP (simple nerwork Management Protocol, Simple Network Management Protocol, NT already has management tools.

IIS supports ISAPI, which enables you to extend the functionality of the server using ISAPI filters that allow you to process and afterwards process data stored on IIS. Internet extensions for 32-bit Windows applications can place the FTP,SMTP and HTTP protocols in an Easy-to-use, task-focused interface that simplifies the use of Internet applications, and IIS also supports MIME (multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions, which is used for Internet Mail Extensions, provides a simple registration entry for access to Internet applications.

An important feature of IIS is that it supports ASP. After the release of IIS version 3.0, ASP has been introduced to make it easy to post dynamic content and develop web-based applications. IIS provides strong local support for applications such as vbscript,jscript development software, or the Visual basic,java,visual C + + development system, and existing CGI and wincgi scripts.