World's busiest corporate website on .NET Server
Microsoft | at | by Mike
When Microsoft released Windows .NET Server 2003 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) in late July 2002, the new operating system was already 100 percent deployed by one critical launch partner: Microsoft.com. Engineers for Microsoft's corporate Web site have been working since late 2001 to help the Windows Server product development team test and confirm the enterprise readiness of Windows .NET Server 2003 in one of the most demanding real-world environments anywhere-the world's busiest corporate Web site.
About 40 million unique users, on average, visit Microsoft.com every month, generating about 800 million total page views. Rolling out Windows .NET Server 2003 so early in such a mission-critical environment ensures that valuable, production-tried feedback can reach the product development team in time for the team to make improvements to Windows .NET Server 2003 before it is released.