Providing a public Web-Hosting service on MS Windows - advice and resources
- by crgnz
Are there any resources offering advice on how to setup a microsoft based web-hosting service? I currently offer LAMP hosting with cPanel, but there is some demand for IIS & SQL Server.
As far as I can tell MS Windows Web Server 2008 R2 edition allows unlimited IIS connections.
And a per-processor license for MS SQL Server Web Edition 2008 also permits unlimited connections.
Where I am falling down is that I can't figure out how to get "unlimited" Active Directory users. I can't use 2008R2 Web Server edition for AD, so I will need the 2008R2 standard edition, I think. Does Microsoft have a provision for using AD in an ISP scenario?
I am looking at using the cPanel Enkompas system to manage the Windows software, and Enkompas requires AD for user authentication.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!