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IIS to me means ASP.Net. &nbsp;I would go with ODP.Net. &nbsp;Check out the Oracle ODAC, Data Access Providers.<br />
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It is available from the downloads section of oracle.com.
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IIS to me means ASP.Net.  I would go with ODP.Net.  Check out the Oracle ODAC, Data Access Providers.

It is available from the downloads section of oracle.com.

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I am building a new IIS server for our company using 2008 R2. &nbsp;The web guys need a Oracle DB client installed to talk to our Linux based Oracle Enterprise DB server, without installing an actual DB product. &nbsp;Does anyone know what I should install? &nbsp;OracleXE was used in the past, but this seemed like an overkill. &nbsp;InstantClient BasicLite maybe?
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I am building a new IIS server for our company using 2008 R2.  The web guys need a Oracle DB client installed to talk to our Linux based Oracle Enterprise DB server, without installing an actual DB product.  Does anyone know what I should install?  OracleXE was used in the past, but this seemed like an overkill.  InstantClient BasicLite maybe?

Oracle 10R2 Client for 2008 R2 IIS Server

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Oracle is an object-relational database management system. It supports a large number of languages and application development frameworks. Its primary languages are SQL, PL/SQL and Java, but it also includes support for C and C++. Oracle also has its own enterprise modules and application server software.