IIS with Windows Server 2003 benefits?

1. Faster sites without the need for high spec hardware for Web sites, intranets, and Web-based applications.
   
   
2. You can check your site's potential speed improvement with real-time Compression Check tool provided by Port80 Software.
   
   
3. Reduces total response time per page request. Using HTTP compression helps end users experience a 50% reduction in download time.
   
   
4. HTTP compression reduces the size of files sent from your Web server to the Web browser by an average of 30 to 50 percent which is a dramatic decrease in bandwidth.
   
   
5. Using IIS 6.0 compression feature you can have savings in monthly bandwidth charges.
   
   
6. You can reduce bandwidth by enabling compression, and serve more users with the same hardware.
   
   
7. You can delay or eliminate the need to add more Web servers by enabling IIS 6.0 compression, even when your site gets more traffic.
   
   
8. Management code for compression is now part of core IIS 6.0 Web server for speed and stability.
   
   
9. Server-side compatibility issues are resolved.
   
   
10. Granular compression allows turning compression on/off at the global, site, folder, and file levels.

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