IIS

E182235

HTTP server Microsoft software product web server software

IIS (Internet Information Services) is Microsoft's extensible, secure, and high-performance web server platform for hosting websites and web applications on Windows.

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All labels observed (20)

Label	Occurrences
IIS canonical	7
ISAPI	3
IIS Manager	2
Microsoft Internet Information Services	2
HTTP.sys	1
IIS 10.0	1
IIS 6.0	1
IIS 7.0	1
IIS 8.0	1
IIS 8.5	1
IIS metabase	1
Internet Information Server	1
Internet Information Server 3.0	1
Internet Information Services (IIS)	1
Internet Server Application Programming Interface	1
Microsoft IIS	1
Microsoft IIS WebDAV module	1
W3SVC (World Wide Web Publishing Service)	1
Web Server IIS	1
web server (IIS)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1610541 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: IIS
Context triple: [ASP.NET, supportsHostingEnvironment, IIS]

A. IIS
IIS is the Institute of Industrial Science, a leading research institute of the University of Tokyo focused on advanced science and engineering.
B. IE
IE is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Ireland for international standardization and identification.
C. IE
IE is a common abbreviation for the Inland Empire, a metropolitan region in Southern California east of Los Angeles.
D. Netscape Enterprise Server
Netscape Enterprise Server is a web server software product developed by Netscape Communications Corporation for hosting and managing websites and internet applications.
E. ASP
ASP is the commonly used abbreviation for the Assembly of States Parties, the management oversight and legislative body of the International Criminal Court composed of representatives from member countries.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: IIS
Target entity description: IIS (Internet Information Services) is Microsoft's extensible, secure, and high-performance web server platform for hosting websites and web applications on Windows.

A. IIS
IIS is the Institute of Industrial Science, a leading research institute of the University of Tokyo focused on advanced science and engineering.
B. IE
IE is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Ireland for international standardization and identification.
C. IE
IE is a common abbreviation for the Inland Empire, a metropolitan region in Southern California east of Los Angeles.
D. Netscape Enterprise Server
Netscape Enterprise Server is a web server software product developed by Netscape Communications Corporation for hosting and managing websites and internet applications.
E. ASP
ASP is the commonly used abbreviation for the Assembly of States Parties, the management oversight and legislative body of the International Criminal Court composed of representatives from member countries.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (102)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	HTTP server ⓘ Microsoft software product ⓘ web server software ⓘ
bundledWith	Windows 10 (IIS 10.0, optional feature) ⓘ Windows 11 ⓘ surface form: Windows 11 (IIS 10.0, optional feature) Windows Server 2003 ⓘ surface form: Windows Server 2003 (IIS 6.0) Windows Server 2008 ⓘ surface form: Windows Server 2008 (IIS 7.0) Windows Server 2008 ⓘ surface form: Windows Server 2008 R2 (IIS 7.5) Windows Server ⓘ surface form: Windows Server 2012 (IIS 8.0) Windows Server ⓘ surface form: Windows Server 2012 R2 (IIS 8.5) Windows Server ⓘ surface form: Windows Server 2016 (IIS 10.0) Windows Server ⓘ surface form: Windows Server 2019 (IIS 10.0) Windows Server ⓘ surface form: Windows Server 2022 (IIS 10.0)
configurationStore	XML configuration files (from IIS 7 onward) ⓘ metabase (legacy, pre-IIS 7) ⓘ
developer	Microsoft ⓘ
distributionModel	bundled with Windows, not standalone for other OSes ⓘ
doesNotSupport	Linux as native host OS ⓘ macOS as native host OS ⓘ
feature	.NET CLR hosting ⓘ ARR (Application Request Routing) for load balancing and reverse proxy ⓘ ASP.NET integration ⓘ CGI support ⓘ FTP server role ⓘ FastCGI support ⓘ IP and domain restrictions ⓘ ISAPI extensions and filters ⓘ SNI (Server Name Indication) support ⓘ SSL/TLS support ⓘ URL Rewrite module (optional add-on) ⓘ URL authorization ⓘ WebSockets support (recent versions) ⓘ anonymous authentication ⓘ application initialization ⓘ application pools ⓘ basic authentication ⓘ centralized certificate store (in newer versions) ⓘ centralized logging (with extensions) ⓘ client certificate authentication ⓘ compression (static and dynamic) ⓘ configuration via applicationHost.config ⓘ custom error pages ⓘ dynamic IP restrictions ⓘ extensibility via modules ⓘ integrated Windows authentication ⓘ integrated request processing pipeline ⓘ kernel-mode caching ⓘ logging ⓘ management via GUI (IIS Manager) ⓘ management via PowerShell ⓘ management via command line ⓘ modular architecture ⓘ output caching ⓘ per-site web.config configuration files ⓘ process isolation ⓘ recycling of application pools ⓘ request filtering ⓘ request throttling and limits ⓘ worker processes (w3wp.exe) ⓘ
fullName	Internet Information Services ⓘ
includedIn	Windows Server roles ⓘ some Windows client editions as optional feature ⓘ
license	proprietary ⓘ
majorVersion	IIS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: IIS 10.0 IIS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: IIS 6.0 IIS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: IIS 7.0 IIS 7.5 ⓘ IIS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: IIS 8.0 IIS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: IIS 8.5
managementTool	inetmgr.exe ⓘ
operatingSystem	Windows ⓘ Windows Server ⓘ Windows client ⓘ
primaryUse	hosting web applications ⓘ hosting web services ⓘ hosting websites ⓘ
relatedTechnology	ASP.NET Core Hosting Bundle ⓘ .NET Framework ⓘ surface form: Microsoft .NET Framework Microsoft Web Deploy ⓘ Web Platform Installer (historically) ⓘ
securityFeature	VirusTotal ⓘ surface form: URLScan (historically, as add-on) integration with Windows security model ⓘ request validation (via ASP.NET) ⓘ support for TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 (recent Windows versions) ⓘ
serviceName	IIS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: W3SVC (World Wide Web Publishing Service) Windows Process Activation Service ⓘ surface form: WAS (Windows Process Activation Service)
supportsHostingModel	in-process ASP.NET Core hosting ⓘ out-of-process ASP.NET Core hosting via Kestrel reverse proxy ⓘ
supportsLanguage	.NET Core ⓘ surface form: .NET Core / ASP.NET Core (via hosting bundle) ASP.NET ⓘ Active Server Pages (ASP) ⓘ surface form: Classic ASP PHP ⓘ surface form: PHP (via FastCGI) other CGI/FastCGI-based languages ⓘ
supportsProtocol	FTP ⓘ FTPS ⓘ HTTP ⓘ HTTP/2 ⓘ HTTP/3 (in recent versions with extensions) ⓘ HTTPS ⓘ NNTP (historically) ⓘ SMTP (historically) ⓘ WebDAV ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ASP.NET → supportsHostingEnvironment → IIS ⓘ

VBScript → runsOn → IIS ⓘ

Windows Communication Foundation → supportsHosting → IIS ⓘ

Netscape Enterprise Server → competesWith → IIS ⓘ

this entity surface form: Microsoft Internet Information Services

Drupal → supportsWebServer → IIS ⓘ

this entity surface form: Microsoft IIS

JRun → compatibleWith → IIS ⓘ

this entity surface form: Microsoft Internet Information Services

WebDAV → implementedIn → IIS ⓘ

this entity surface form: Microsoft IIS WebDAV module

Windows Process Activation Service → dependsOn → IIS ⓘ

this entity surface form: HTTP.sys

Windows Process Activation Service → configurableVia → IIS ⓘ

this entity surface form: IIS Manager

Windows Server Core (some versions) → supportsRole → IIS ⓘ

subject surface form: Windows Server Core

this entity surface form: Web Server IIS

Windows Features dialog → canEnable → IIS ⓘ

this entity surface form: Internet Information Services (IIS)

Common Gateway Interface → relatedConcept → IIS ⓘ

this entity surface form: ISAPI