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&nbsp; Its a web application which we wanted users to login and use it over the web.<br />
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&nbsp;We have a public Static IP address and we host the application in a folder either as an Application<br />
&nbsp; or as an Virtual directory and have users login.<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href="http://454.436.654.34/abc" rel="ugc">http://454.436.654.34/abc</a><br />
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&nbsp; This ABC is a folder where our application files are location.<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp;C:\ABC &nbsp;( on windows directory)
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  Its a web application which we wanted users to login and use it over the web.

 We have a public Static IP address and we host the application in a folder either as an Application
  or as an Virtual directory and have users login.

   http://454.436.654.34/abc [http://454.436.654.34/abc]

  This ABC is a folder where our application files are location.

   C:\ABC  ( on windows directory)

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Yip, and is it a directory of an existing site? Or is it THE site? If its the site its a website, if its a directory within a site its a virtual directory.<br />
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Where its stored is less relevant...
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Yip, and is it a directory of an existing site? Or is it THE site? If its the site its a website, if its a directory within a site its a virtual directory.

Where its stored is less relevant...

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So question answered :) well done
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&nbsp;Can someone explain the difference between &quot;Adding a website&quot; &nbsp;Versus &quot;Adding Virtual directory&quot; in IIS 7 ?<br />
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<br />
If we wanted to host a ASP.net website which is recommended ?
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 Can someone explain the difference between "Adding a website"  Versus "Adding Virtual directory" in IIS 7 ?


If we wanted to host a ASP.net website which is recommended ?

Add Website  Vs  Add Virtual Directory in IIS ?

IIS is Internet Information Services, the web server included with Windows Server operating systems. All current versions are built on a modular architecture; modules can be added or removed individually so that those required for specific functionality are installed. The full installation of IIS includes HTTP, security, content, compression, caching, logging and diagnostics.

Microsoft IIS Web Server

Active Server Pages (ASP) is Microsoft’s first server-side engine for dynamic web pages. ASP’s support of the Component Object Model (COM) enables it to access and use compiled libraries such as DLLs. It has been superseded by ASP.NET, but will be supported by Internet Information Services (IIS) through at least 2022.