Microsoft: 'No separate app server' approach
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Rather than develop a separate application server, as companies such as BEA Systems and IBM have done, Microsoft is positioning its upcoming Windows .Net Server 2003 operating system as having all the functionality needed for deploying Internet applications and Web services.
The IIS (Internet Information Services) 6.0 component of .Net Server enables a new process model for developers to tap into and for managing of processes, O'Brien said. IIS provides more granular control of applications and processes within Web sites. IIS is intended to boost Web server security and features cryptographic services, advanced digest authentication, and configurable access control of processes, according to Microsoft. Microsoft's strategy of maintaining application server functionality within the operating system means enterprises do not have to layer these capabilities on top of the operating system, O'Brien said.