Does it take long to learn how to turn on and run IIS 6.0?
IIS 6.0 is a re-architected product and is now world class in its performance, reliability and security. If the organization requires any Web-related applications or services, the systems administrator has to take a conscious decision to turn on IIS and then understand what features and services he/she wishes to deploy. Once the systems administrator understands which components of IIS are to be deployed, they can be turned on. Even though IIS 6.0 is very secure, there is still a lot of complexity hidden under the covers. The reason we have made it a little more complex to turn on, is that the systems administrators need to fully understand what they wish to do based on the business requirements before using them. What are the benefits compared to a Unix/RISC-based server architectures? Windows 2003 64-bit and SQL Server 64-bit are built with a basic design principle and deliver huge benefits compared to RISC/UNIX. The cost-per-transaction is much lower than RISC/Unix systems, which im
