Windows hosting delivers premium performance you can trust
Microsoft is a global brand synonymous with high performance and reliability. Windows servers also provide a user-friendly and familiar experience for your business hosting.
Reliable and easy to use server solutions
Microsoft hosting guarantees a reliable platform from which to grow your online business. Windows hosting is often more user friendly than its open-source counterparts because of its easy to use operating systems.
Tailored to meet your needs
At UKFast, each hosting solution is custom tailored to meet the specific needs of your business. However, here are some examples of Microsoft Windows server specs we offer:
| Example 1 | Example 2 | Example 3 |
| Processor | Core2Duo E4600 | Quad Core X3210 | 2 x Quad Core Xeon E5405 |
| Memory | 2 GB DDR2 RAM | 4 GB DDR2 RAM | 4 GB DDR2 RAM |
| Storage | 1 x 250GB SATA | 2 x 500GB SATA HDD RAID1 | 3 x 73GB SAS RAID 5 |
| Protection | Cisco ASA 5505 Webcop anti-virus & spam |
Cisco ASA 5505 Webcop anti-virus & spam |
Cisco ASA 5505 Webcop anti-virus & spam |
| Monitoring | Ping | Ping | Ping |
| Windows Platform | Server 2003 Web Server 2003 Standard Server 2008 Data Centre Server 2008 Enterprise Server 2008 Standard Server 2008 Web |
Server 2003 Web Server 2003 Standard Server 2008 Data Centre Server 2008 Enterprise Server 2008 Standard Server 2008 Web |
Server 2003 Web Server 2003 Standard Server 2008 Data Centre Server 2008 Enterprise Server 2008 Standard Server 2008 Web |
| Recommendation | Small Business | Large Website | Mission critical ecommerce |
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Choose UKFast for your Windows hosting
Our industry-leading managed hosting solutions are exemplary. You benefit from a 100% network uptime guarantee, plus the advantage of an expert technical team 24 hours a day. With UKFast, the winner of the ISPA's best hosting provider, you and your internet customers are in the safest hands.
If a Windows server is the way forward for your organisation, request more information here or call 0800 458 4545.
If you're looking for a Linux solution view our Linux server solutions.
Looking for an alternative to dedicated hosting?
Do you know about the new Windows Hyper-V virtual hosting options? Find out more today.
Pre-installed software for your Windows server
We offer a variety of software as standard on all our Windows servers, including:
- NET - Net framework V1.1 and v2.0
- Active Perl - Perl
- ASP - ASP Extensions
- IIS - web server (server 2003 IIS 6 - Server 2008 IIS 7)
- MySQL - MySQL Database Server (version 5 and Gui 1.1)
- PHP - PHP Extensions (current version 5.2.6)
With world-class infrastructure and support, be confident that your applications are fast, secure and reliable.
Choose Windows Server 2008, which one is right for you?
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
Windows Server 2008 Standard
Windows Web Server 2008
Delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying business-critical applications and large-scale virtualisation on small and large servers. Improve availability with clustering and dynamic hardware partitioning capabilities. Reduce infrastructure costs by consolidating applications with unlimited virtualisation licensing rights.
Perfect for deploying business-critical applications. Help improve availability with clustering and hot-add processor capabilities and server security with consolidated identity management features. Reduce infrastructure costs by consolidating applications with virtualisation licensing rights.
The most robust Windows Server operating system to date. With built-in, enhanced web and virtualisation capabilities, it is designed to increase the reliability and flexibility of your server infrastructure while helping save time and reduce costs. Powerful tools give you greater control over your servers, and streamline configuration and management tasks. Plus, enhanced security features work to harden the operating system to help protect your data and network and provide a solid, highly dependable foundation for your business.
Designed to be used specifically as a single-purpose Web server, and delivers on a rock-solid foundation of web infrastructure capabilities in the next-generation Windows Server 2008. Integrated with the newly re-architected IIS 7.0, ASP.NET, and the Microsoft .NET Framework, Windows Web Server 2008 enables any organisation to rapidly deploy web pages, websites, web applications, and web services.
What's the next step?
Set up your Windows server or to discuss other software options - speak with our Windows hosting specialists. We believe in flexibility, call free on 0800 458 4545 or request further information now.
Efficient data management with SQL Server 2005
Today's business environment demands a comprehensive data-management platform that delivers business results.
SQL Server 2005 Microsoft's next-generation data management and analysis software delivers increased scalability, availability, and security to enterprise data and analytical applications while making them easier to create, deploy, and manage.
At UKFast, we offer three levels of SQL Server 2005 and 4 levels of SQL 2008, all of which are configured to meet the specific needs of your organisation:
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 enterprise edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 standard edition
- Microsoft SQL Server 2005 workgroup edition
- SQL 2008 Web edition
- SQL 2008 Workgroup edition
- SQL 2008 Standard edition
- SQL 2008 Enterprise edition
For more details about our SQL Server 2005 and 2008 editions visit our SQL Databases section.
What are the key capabilities of SQL Server 2005?
- High Availability: thanks to data protection technology and reduction of disaster recovery downtime.
- Performance and Scalability: infrastructure has the ability to grow with your business no matter what the size data.
- Security: protection is guaranteed with built-in features that protect your data against unauthorised access.
- Manageability: easy management with automated diagnostics, tuning, and configuration options.
- Business Intelligence: comprehensive analysis and reporting for enhanced decision making.
How to find out more
To find out more about SQL Server options for your businesses high-performance database-driven Web applications call us on 0800 458 4545 or request more information online.
Headache free managed hosting for your business
Dedicated servers require constant monitoring, care and maintenance. Handing your system administration to our expert Windows engineers really is the headache free solution it promises to be.
We manage your entire hosting environment - from hardware, to network, OS and databases. Leaving you free to focus on what you do best.
What does Total Cover include?
- Regular scheduled backup
- Cisco ASA firewall protection
- Full software updates and patching
- Server monitoring including FTP, PING, SMTP, HTTP and POP3
- CTmonitoring (only available with total cover plus)
The Dynamic Support team behind your server is available 24/7/365 should you need them, promising to answer within three rings at any time of the day or night. It's one of the reasons we have won the industry coveted ISPA best hosting award for four years running.
Start investing more time in your business - let UKFast manage your hosting.
How do you signup for Windows managed hosting?
Call on 0800 458 4545 or request a Windows managed hosting quote today.
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