World-Wide Web (IIS) Microsoft's
web server and
FTP server for
Windows NT.
IIS is intended to meet the needs of a range of users: from workgroups and departments on a corporate
intranet to
ISPs hosting
websites that receive millions of
hits per day.
Features include innovative web publishing, customisable tools,
wizards, customisable management tools, flexible administration options, and analysis tools.
IIS makes it easy to share documents and information across a company intranet or the
Internet, and is completely integrated with Windows NT Directory Services.
IIS 1.0 was released for Windows NT 3.51 and had a limited feature set.
IIS 2.0 was released with Windows NT 4.0 with a similar feature set to IIS 1.0.
IIS 3.0 quickly followed with many additions including
Active Server Pages (ASP),
ISAPI and
ADO 1.0.
IIS 4.0 is built into Windows NT Server 4.0. It includes ASP 2.0, ISAPI and ADO 1.5.
(https://microsoft.com/iis).
Rival servers include
Apache and Netscape Enterprise Server.
(1999-08-04)