Can I host my site on Windows?

Web hosting done by hosting companies with different level of options available to the clients, starting from dedicated web hosting, free web hosting, shared web hosting, co-location web hosting, etc.
The other option for web hosting is host your website from your own server such as Windows or Linux servers. If you host a site from your home server, make sure that it is safe since there are problems related to security on server software and should be updated such as Windows update or other if you prefer to run a server on it. Some questions and answers are : Can I host my site on Windows? Yes and it is more appealing than other platforms. Will it work? It is totally depends upon the ISP (Internet Service Provider), because many providers will not allow you to go upstream, means not allowing a home server to connect to the internet through their DSL. What you have to do to convert your Windows PC to a server? Answer is you to have to have a high speed internet connection such as cable modem or DSL, means dial up connections will not be enough to do it. The next step is to get your DNS hostname for your home internet connection.
Getting a static local IP address is the next step for your PC in the home network, Your router configuration for correctly forwarding connections to port 80, i.e. HTTP port, to your web server (router is inbuilt in most cables and DNS server modems) is the next step, Windows Firewall configuration required to allow your server to communicate on HTTP port. Installation of web server program is the last step and it can be done by installing Apache or mySQL. Apache is a free and high quality web server program suitable for UNIX and Windows NT operating systems.
Hosting a website from a home PC is possible, but it will always better to do it from a quality hosting company, especially if the site needs to be reliable.

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