Free ASP.NET and SQL Hosting at Hosting.com

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

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Hosting.com is now offering a free hosting plan which includes ASP.NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005 with only a small setup fee of $1.00.

ASP.NET 2.0 Plan

This powerful set of tools was designed by Microsoft to allow forhigh performance, data-driven web applications to be built dynamically.With the reduced amount of code required, ASP.NET 2.0 allows for easiermanagement of your website and improved scalability, reliability andperformance.

Features include:

• Over 50 new controls for navigation, security, data and web parts.
• Personalization services and built in membership roles
• Enhanced and simplified data access through data sources
• Database caching
• No Monthly Fee
• 200MB Disk Space
• 10GB Monthly Data Transfer
• 1 FTP Account

SQL Server 2005 Plan

Microsoft understands the importance of relational databases to provide a rich end-user experience and as such have released SQL Server 2005 to improve developer's and end-users' experiences. Building data-driven applications is easy with the robust and reliable features included with SQL Server 2005.

Features Include:

• Change Parameters dynamically to respond to usage characteristics
• Advanced Query Optimization
• Common Task Wizards
• Various levels of code access for increased security
• SQL Server Management Studio for reporting and notification services
• No Monthly Fee
• 50MB of SQL Server 2005 Space

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