The Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting version 4.5
The Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting version 4.5 brings together Windows Server System products and technologies that enable service providers to operate more efficiently and serve customers better. Designed for use in data centers with 50 or more servers, the solution delivers a set of tools, best practices, scripts, code samples, and documentation that system engineers and network architects can use to develop a highly available, highly scalable hosting environment that is cost-effective to run.
With Windows-based Hosting , service providers can deploy hosting infrastructure components that tightly integrate with Web hosting and hosted application. Yet the solution also allows for considerable deployment flexibility. You can install just those components and services that meet your business needs or you can introduce specific components into an existing data center platform. The following figure shows the set of infrastructure components you can use to provide the operational foundation for hosted services.
Figure: Solution components
What Next?
| • | Overview of Solution Components— This section describes the infrastructure components included with the solution and the hosted services that can be enabled using standard set of solution products. |
| • | Solution Architecture —Service providers can deploy the Windows-based Hosting in the configuration that best suits their requirements. This section shows the reference architecture for the solution with all infrastructure and services components deployed. |
| • | New in This Release— Read about the significant solution technology updates, which includes Windows Server 2003 R2. This server system update supports the latest 64-bit and .NET technologies, which yield an even better Web platform while reducing development and management costs. |
| • | Common Hosting Scenarios— Learn how the Windows-based Hosting solution's flexible architecture can be deployed in a number of ways based on server provider goals and needs. |
Want a Downloadable Version of the Windows-based Hosting 4.5 Documentation?
You can download an offline version of the documentation from the Microsoft Download Center. Go to the Windows-based Hosting 4.5 Help File download page.