Existing Windows Shared Hosting accounts running IIS 6 can upgrade to IIS 7. For information on IIS 7, see What is IIS 7?

Yes, IIS 7 is supported on new Windows shared hosting accounts. Once your account is configured with IIS 7, you cannot downgrade to IIS 6.

You can create virtual directories on your hosting account which work like aliases to directories located somewhere else. For example, in the URL

We do not support the concept of explicitly changing the document root on your hosting account. However, there is a workaround you can employ to accomplish this. Follow the

Windows hosting accounts running IIS 7 offer two pipeline modes: classic and integrated. Your pipeline mode can be changed anytime through the Hosting Control Panel.

This guide briefly describes what an FTP client is and how to use Windows Vista Network Places to upload your website to your hosting account. You may download a PDF version

Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) can be used to send email from Windows shared hosting websites running IIS 6, 7, or 8. The following code sample demonstrates how to use CDO

Windows shared hosting accounts running IIS 7 can use Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) or CDOSYS to send SMTP email. CDONTS is not a supported method for sending email with

CDONTS uses the NewMail object to create and send email.

The number of files per directory you can use depends on the type of hosting you have: