.NET dev. Web hosting

[Guest]

Dear colleagues,
Could you recommend a valid Web hosting provider for .NET developers?

As a developer of Microsoft .NET Web applications for WSS (Windows
SharePoint Services) I'm looking for a Web service test environment where I
could:
- define and manage IIS v. 6 Virtual Directories
- define and manage Application Pools
- rely upon and manage a WSS environment where to run and test my .aspx Web
pages.
Having only test purposes, performance and even stability is not a relevant
issue.

Sincerely I don't know if this question is totally "impossible" or totally
"ordinary", and this is the reason why:
1) First I (dare to) ask;
2) Then I'd like to verify.

Thanks for your attention.
Studio P.M.

 

[Nick Malik [Microsoft]]

If you are doing this for dev purposes, consider upgrading your workstation
to a Windows Server 2003 OS and installing SQL Server and WSS. If you are
doing this for test purposes, consider doing the step above and then
installing MS Virtual Server. You can set up any number of servers to run
Sharepoint and to test your install scripts, perform integration tests, etc.
You won't get valid stress tests, and SQL runs slower in Virtual Server than
it does on a physical machine, but the cost is much lower.

Where do you get all this software? MSDN is your friend.

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--- Nick Malik [Microsoft]
MCSD, CFPS, Certified Scrummaster
http://blogs.msdn.com/nickmalik

Disclaimer: Opinions expressed in this forum are my own, and not
representative of my employer.
I do not answer questions on behalf of my employer. I'm just a
programmer helping programmers.

 

[Nathan Kovac]

I host my own servers with http:\\www.rolet.com and I highly recommend them.
To host your server it will run somewhere in the area of $100 a month.

 

[Guest]

I clarify that the point here is not the performance of my "local"
resources, but the exposition and test of my work on the Web, to the benefit
of other partners. Thank you.
Pietro Moras

 

[Guest]

I see. That's the kind of "feasibility" info I needed.
Thank you.
Pietro Moras

 

[Guest]

http://www.gotdotnet.com/workspaces/default.aspx

I clarify that the point here is not the performance of my "local"
resources, but the exposition and test of my work on the Web, to the benefit
of other partners. Thank you.
Pietro Moras