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When it comes to hosting services, you usually need to choose between hosting your website on a Unix based server (58% of the world’s servers run on Apache), or on a server that runs Microsoft platform (IIS). Usually, Unix shared servers are cheaper, and their majority run on free platforms like Apache.

If you just began building websites, you may be better off with IIS. These servers work with the ASP language and support MS Access databases. However, for those who feel comfortable with PHP programming as well as MySQL databases, go for a Unix account. If you need to use ASP on the server, there is an open source project called Mono, which supports ASP / .NET on Unix servers - see if your hosting company offers/allows you to install it.