Item: Microsoft IIS
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We deploy all of our .NET web based apps on Microsoft IIS. We are using these apps for our many of our core business applications which require maximum uptime. IIS is a great web server with many options and configurations to help deliver web based applications to a large pool of end users!

Pros and Cons

Scaling
Connections
SSL
Authentication and Security
Configuration
Connection Strings

Could be a little hard to use if you are just starting out
Has many configurations options you learn about when you hit an issue

Most Important Features

Authentication
SSL
Ease of use

Return on Investment

Allows for us to easily scale based on demand
Performance can easily be increased

Alternatives Considered

Apache Tomcat

Microsoft IIS is a lot more easier for Microsoft .NET developers to integrate and configure. It is MUCH more easier to install and therefore less time consuming to deliver applications to end users. IIS can be installed with a few clicks of a button by anyone with administrative access to the web server, where as other products have a separate download, install, configuration that must happen before it can be used by the developers.

Key Insights

Do you think Microsoft IIS delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Microsoft IIS's feature set?

Yes

Did Microsoft IIS live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Microsoft IIS go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Microsoft IIS again?

Yes

Other Software Used

SAP Crystal, Confluent Platform, Oracle Java SE, EcoSys, Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management

Likelihood to Recommend

Microsoft IIS is great for easily serving up web applications! Any developer can easily write a quick web based app and deploy it for end users to access with a few clicks of a button as long as they have the access they need! Since developers have access to dev environments/servers, they can easily deploy their apps and test everything and configure it based on the needs of the application and just provide the configuration file once ready for production use.

IIS can, however, be a little difficult to use for new developers. It has many configurations, but easy to find the documentation.

Microsoft IIS is a great web server that allows you to deploy web apps with a few button clicks!!

Overall Satisfaction with Microsoft IIS