Here is a list of the major components that set Windows 2000 apart from Unix:
Active Server Pages -- ASP web hosting is a server-side coding technology for building dynamic websites. Active Server Pages are HTML web pages with embedded ASP scripts which are processed on the Windows web hosting server before the page is sent to the user. |
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Microsoft refers to Access as a relational database product since it allows you to relate data from several different sets or tables. Access databases are only available with Windows 2000 Hosting as an alternative to MySQL databases or the Microsoft SQL Server. |
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FrontPage version 2002 delivers a complete tool that enables powerful web site creation, precise and flexible web site management, and the ability for web experts to import, edit, and format HTML the way they want-all with a user-friendly interface that Microsoft Office users are familiar with. New and improved features in Microsoft FrontPage version 2002 allow you to:
Create exactly the web site you want
Control and manage your Frontpagewebsites with confidence
Cultivate productivity and teamwork
Create Exactly the Web Site You Want:
FrontPage version 2002 gives you the power to add dynamic content with the new Photo Gallery component, PowerPoint®-like Drawing Tools, and Automatic Web Content from Microsoft MSN®, MSNBC, Expedia, and bCentral?. |
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Just Some of the Many Features of a FrontPage Web Site:
Quickly and easily create a Photo Gallery to display personal or business photos or images. |
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Besides adding scripts to create an engaging HTML interface for your application, you can build your own COM components. You can encapsulate your application's business logic into reusable modules that you can call from a script, from another component, or from another program.
The Active Server Pages Model A server-side script begins to run when a browser requests an .asp file from your Web server. |
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You can save time and achieve professional looking web hosting results by using sophisticated technology like fully customizable Themes, customized lists, and quick-to-build surveys without having to know or spend time on complex programming. And of course, since FrontPage looks and works like a Microsoft Office application, you can get started quickly and work in a familiar environment.
Just Some of the Many Features of a FrontPage Web Site:
Quickly and easily create a Photo Gallery to display personal or business photos or images. |
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Cold Fusion webpages are processed server-side in a manner similar to ASP and PHP. You can recognize Cold Fusion pages by the .cfm filename extension. For example,www.yourdomain.com/index.cfm.
ASP.NET -- ASP.NET hosting is a revolutionary programming framework that enables the rapid development of powerful web site applications and services. |
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Besides adding scripts to create an engaging HTML interface for your application, you can build your own COM components. You can encapsulate your application's business logic into reusable modules that you can call from a script, from another component, or from another program. |
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.NET reduces the cost of custom application development drastically |
It scales to the performance levels required to support the largest Web sites, Enterprise Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) systems and Data Warehousing systems. Its support for failover clustering also makes it ideal for any mission critical line-of-business application. Additionally, this edition includes several advanced analysis features that are not included in SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition.
There are four main areas in which the additional features of SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition are most evident:
Scalability
Availability/uptime
Performance
Advanced analysis
Standard edition is an affordable option for small and medium-sized web hosting organizations. |
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Active Server Pages -- ASP web hosting is a server-side coding technology for building dynamic websites. Active Server Pages are HTML web pages with embedded ASP scripts which are processed on the Windows web hosting server before the page is sent to the user. |
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Access databases are only available with Windows 2000 Hosting as an alternative to MySQL databases or the Microsoft SQL Server.
Front Page -- The FrontPage hosting extensions are a collection of software modules loaded on a Windows 2000 web server that enable a FrontPage web site to use the advanced functions of FrontPage. |
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With ASP, you can combine HTML pages, script commands, and COM components to create interactive Web pages or powerful Web-based applications, which are easy to develop and modify. For the HTML Author If you are an HTML author, you will find that server-side scripts written in ASP are an easy way to begin creating more complex, real-world Web applications.
If you have ever wanted to store HTML form information in a database, personalize hosted Web sites according to visitor preferences, or use different HTML features based on the browser, you will find that ASP hosted web sites provide a compelling solution. |
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For the HTML Author If you are an HTML author, you will find that server-side scripts written in ASP are an easy way to begin creating more complex, real-world Web applications.
If you have ever wanted to store HTML form information in a database, personalize hosted Web sites according to visitor preferences, or use different HTML features based on the browser, you will find that ASP hosted web sites provide a compelling solution. |
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Add Automatic Web Content to your Web site by inserting MSNBC headlines & weather forecasts, MSN search, Expedia maps, and bCentral small business tools. Inserted MSNBC content is updated daily, so you can have continuously updated content without having to continually update your site. |
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Microsoft SQL Server provides an excellent environment for site owners to organize, capture, store, and deliver critical information on their websites. |  |
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Inserted MSNBC content is updated daily, so you can have continuously updated content without having to continually update your site.
Insert Lists (via SharePoint Team Services) that you can create from scratch, or select from a variety of list templates like Announcements, Events, Tasks, and Contacts. You or authorized users can easily edit, customize, subscribe to these lists from level 4 or later browsers, and the lists can even be exported to key Office XP web hosting applications. |  |
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Enables web site owners to use advanced features without much experience.
Windows 2000 servers provide extensive database integration and functionality.
Fully-supports FrontPage, Active Server Pages (ASP), VBScript, JAVA the ASP.NET framework, Perl, PHP, CGI, MS Access databases, Macromedia's Cold Fusion, and the Microsoft SQL Server hosting. |
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Whether you are a novice at creating Web sites, or an experienced website developer, you will find that FrontPage is both easy to learn and fast to use with its streamlined user interface and the ability to get to all of the tools you need from within one easy to use web hosting application. You can save time and achieve professional looking web hosting results by using sophisticated technology like fully customizable Themes, customized lists, and quick-to-build surveys without having to know or spend time on complex programming. |
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The main "advantage" or distinction of Windows servers is that they are configured to be compatible with Microsoft applications, such as FrontPage (see FrontPage-hosting), Access and MS SQL. |
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Many using E-commerce web hosting often will use Microsoft SQL Server as their ?backend database? to store information concerning products, web-based orders and client data.
Cold Fusion -- Developed by Macromedia, Cold Fusion is an web application development tool for creating dynamic Windows 2000 web applications which integrate with key Windows server technologies, such as relational databases and SMTP email. |
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This functionality is made possible through SharePoint Team Services.
With FrontPage create and insert dynamic online Surveys, complete with easy-to-add radio buttons, dropdown menus, and check boxes. Visitors can respond to surveys from their browsers, and can choose to see results in automatic graphs. |
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Every copy of SQL Server 2000 ships with a suite of BI services.
Self-Tuning and Management Capabilities
Revolutionary self-tuning and dynamic self-configuring features optimize database performance, while web hosting management tools automate standard activities. Graphical tools and wizards simplify setup, database design, and performance monitoring, allowing database administrators to focus on meeting strategic business needs. |
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For instance, all of the XML features present in Enterprise Edition are also included in Standard Edition. And while a handful of advanced OLAP features are reserved for Enterprise Edition, all data mining features and the core OLAP functionality are included in SQL Server 2000 Analysis Services in Standard Edition. |
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