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Microsoft IIS

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What is Microsoft IIS?

Microsoft IIS is an application server and infrastructure.

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Build for ease.

10 out of 10
April 28, 2021
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We're a Microsoft based organization... we use .NET Framework C#, azure, teams, outlook etc etc. [Microsoft] IIS is our first choice for …
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Microsoft IIS

9 out of 10
November 27, 2019
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We build a business web application to support operations which are hosted on Windows servers using IIS. I would say that our utilisation …
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Microsoft IIS, a Solid Web Server

6 out of 10
August 22, 2019
We use Microsoft IIS across the enterprise as an offering for web servers on Windows machines. We use it to host several of our enterprise …
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What is Microsoft IIS?

Microsoft IIS is an application server and infrastructure.

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Product Details

What is Microsoft IIS?

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Frequently Asked Questions

Microsoft IIS is an application server and infrastructure.

Reviewers rate Installation highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of Microsoft IIS are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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December 02, 2015

Microsoft IIS is a solid solution

Aaron Hartzler | TrustRadius Reviewer
Aaron Hartzler
Systems Engineer
ScentAir (Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Micorsoft IIS is being used as our main web server for internal applications as well as hosting external web sites of which we have a least half a dozen or so. It is being used or rather consumed across the company as one of the main applications which drives the business. It allows our users to access one of the main applications very easily through the web and on mobile devices. The main problems it addresses are ease of access, not having to have a fat client installed for particular applications, ease of manageability for web applications and websites, easy to troubleshoot, easy to maintain and perform system maintenance.
Pros and Cons
  • Ease of access for users.
  • Not having to have a fat client installed for particular applications; just access from browser or mobile device.
  • Ease of manageability for web applications and websites.
  • Easy to troubleshoot.
  • Easy to maintain and perform system maintenance.
  • Many many features, functions, and very customizable.
  • Simplify the user interface. It has basically stayed the same and certain things/pieces are cumbersome to get to.
  • Not much else, it does a good job for what it was made to do.
Likelihood to Recommend
Key questions to ask are:

What are you trying to do? If simply hosting a website, there are other solutions to do this that are simpler and more cost effective. If you are using some vendor's application and needing to push it out via web/mobile, then Microsoft IIS is a great tool for the job.

What is the level of security needed? If just simple security, then there are other solutions to do this that are simpler and more cost effective. If more granular and complex security needs are at hand, then Microsoft IIS offers extensive security customization regarding access, accounts, ports, etc.

What type of administration and management are you looking to give? If you want a one time "set it and forget it" type environment, then Microsoft IIS can be it for you. Or if you have something that needs to be constantly changed and updated, Microsoft IIS also offers the flexibility and speed to keep your environment going in a fast paced businesses.
December 02, 2015

Microsoft IIS - Good for certain situations

payton climer | TrustRadius Reviewer
payton climer
IT Specialist IV
University of North Texas (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees)
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Within our department, Microsoft IIS is being used as a web server for sites that require Windows based components. Our main use for Microsoft IIS is for sites that use the ASP.NET framework. However, we also use IIS for Microsoft systems management software. Which includes both System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM ConfigMgr 2012) and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). Microsoft IIS allows for us to better host our Windows based components than current open source solutions.
Pros and Cons
  • Microsoft IIS provides an in depth GUI that helps for managing sites.
  • Native support of the ASP.NET framework for web applications. Overall this has given us better compatibility than a Apache/Mono setup.
  • Since it's a Microsoft product, it's natively better integrated with our Windows based environment (Active Directory).
  • The performance of Microsoft IIS is always slightly behind more lean web servers like Apache and NGINX.
  • Microsoft IIS is locked to the Windows Operating System. For some components (SCCM and WSUS) you are essentially forced to use IIS, instead of a more open source Apache or Mono solution.
  • Security concerns over Windows IIS web servers. While this isn't directly the fault of IIS, since issues usually occur from vulnerabilities within the Windows OS.
  • IIS is closed source, which does remove customizability and the ability for the community to review the code base. An open source web server will usually has less exploits, since the code base can be reviewed and debugged by anyone.
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft IIS is well suited in several different situations. If the native support and better compatibility with ASP.NET framework sites is needed, it's better to use a Microsoft IIS web server.
Running Microsoft Systems management tools like WSUS and SCCM, you are required to use a IIS web server. Also, IIS might be slightly easier for anyone not experienced with a web server. Especially with the relative ease of install on any modern Microsoft Windows OS.

However, for sites that don't require Microsoft components. It's going to be more beneficial to run a Linux web server. This is because you will get better performance, better security, and the large community support behind open-source projects like Apache and NGINX.
December 01, 2015

Basic Review from and MSP

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Information Technology and Services Company, 201-500 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I work for a managed service provider (MSP) that manages web applications for our users. Our perferred method of hosting is using Microsoft IIS.
Pros and Cons
  • Excellent Logging
  • Ease of use
  • Management of Application Pools (ie, the ability to gracefully recycle a single site)
  • SMTP relays only work in IIS6. Even when I'm on server 2012 R2 (IIS8) I have to install IIS6 management console to use a relay.
  • Not an IIS issue, but IIS has to be installed on Windows which is a performance hog compared to linux/Apache.
Likelihood to Recommend
For us Microsoft IIS makes the most sense so our support team (front line Tier 1) can perform simple tasks that don't have to go to my team. The GUI interface and extreme ease of use makes Microsoft IIS our go-to.
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