Windows Web Server 2008 R2 is a powerful web application & services platform. Featuring Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5 & designed exclusively as an Internet-facing server,  it offers enhanced administration & diagnostic tools to help reduce infrastructure costs when used with a variety of popular development platforms. With included web server & DNS server roles,  as well as enhanced reliability & scalability,  this platform means that you can manage the most demanding environments
- from a dedicated web server to an entire web server farm. Designed to be used specifically as a single-purpose Internet-facing web server,  Windows Web Server 2008 R2 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,  & the Microsoft. NET Framework,  Windows Web Server 2008 R2 enables any organization to rapidly deploy Web pages,  Web sites,  Web applications,  & Web services. Windows Web Server 2008 R2 is optimized specifically for Internet-facing web-serving environments & built on industry standards allowing organizations to easily build new,  or integrate into existing,  server infrastructure environments. Web developers can build web pages & services that can communicate with other platforms using standards-based interfaces like XML & SOAP. This level of cost-effective application development encourages business productivity & flexibility,  & increases business solution opportunities.