IIS on XP vs. IIS on Windows Server?

Hi, I'm a technical writer documenting a system administration tool
that works together with IIS. It's a web application management
tool.

I need to do screenshots and a video demo for my documentation. In my
demo presentation I will

Up to now I have been using IIS in a virtual environment (VMWARE), but
you can't do video capture demos in a virtual environment.

So my main option now is installing IIS on XP instead of Server OS.
(It won't be in a production environment,,just for creating
documentation).

Are there any substantial differences in front end or the capability
of IIS if you run IIS on XP?

Thanks.


Robert Nagle
Houston, Texas

Re: IIS on XP vs. IIS on Windows Server?

Depends on your audience. For me personally, I would use a server OS, then
again I deal mostly with servers. :) XP is quite different (32 bit version
anyway) than most anything else.

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"idiotprogrammer" wrote in message
news:48fe40dd-3501-4e74-881c-3be878260758@n20g2000hsh.google groups.com...
> Hi, I'm a technical writer documenting a system administration tool
> that works together with IIS. It's a web application management
> tool.
>
> I need to do screenshots and a video demo for my documentation. In my
> demo presentation I will
>
> Up to now I have been using IIS in a virtual environment (VMWARE), but
> you can't do video capture demos in a virtual environment.
>
> So my main option now is installing IIS on XP instead of Server OS.
> (It won't be in a production environment,,just for creating
> documentation).
>
> Are there any substantial differences in front end or the capability
> of IIS if you run IIS on XP?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Robert Nagle
> Houston, Texas

Re: IIS on XP vs. IIS on Windows Server?

So there are substantial differences in both capability and how it will
appear (in XP some options will be missing, you can't make more than one
virtual web, etc.)

It might do OK for your videos, but that sort of depends on exactly what you
are teaching.

"idiotprogrammer" wrote in message
news:48fe40dd-3501-4e74-881c-3be878260758@n20g2000hsh.google groups.com...
> Hi, I'm a technical writer documenting a system administration tool
> that works together with IIS. It's a web application management
> tool.
>
> I need to do screenshots and a video demo for my documentation. In my
> demo presentation I will
>
> Up to now I have been using IIS in a virtual environment (VMWARE), but
> you can't do video capture demos in a virtual environment.
>
> So my main option now is installing IIS on XP instead of Server OS.
> (It won't be in a production environment,,just for creating
> documentation).
>
> Are there any substantial differences in front end or the capability
> of IIS if you run IIS on XP?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Robert Nagle
> Houston, Texas

Re: IIS on XP vs. IIS on Windows Server?

it depends on what you are doing. if you need to show anything about host
headers you can't do that on xp. there are also other limits on number of
connects that shouldn't matter. under xp you don't get application pools
and are limited to the single default web site. i also don't see the web
service extensions in the iis management console in xp.

"idiotprogrammer" wrote in message
news:48fe40dd-3501-4e74-881c-3be878260758@n20g2000hsh.google groups.com...
> Hi, I'm a technical writer documenting a system administration tool
> that works together with IIS. It's a web application management
> tool.
>
> I need to do screenshots and a video demo for my documentation. In my
> demo presentation I will
>
> Up to now I have been using IIS in a virtual environment (VMWARE), but
> you can't do video capture demos in a virtual environment.
>
> So my main option now is installing IIS on XP instead of Server OS.
> (It won't be in a production environment,,just for creating
> documentation).
>
> Are there any substantial differences in front end or the capability
> of IIS if you run IIS on XP?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Robert Nagle
> Houston, Texas