ISM is run from the Windows NT Server or from a Windows NT or Windows 95 workstation. For remote administration, you can run an HTML version of ISM from a browser. Mapping logical URLs to directories is straightforward, but IIS can't map to a directory on another server, a feature Enterprise handles easily. This, coupled with the fact that IIS returns all ASP requests as standard HTML, lets you create truly dynamic Web sites and online applications accessible by any browser. And yes, IIS now fully supports Java through a Java virtual machine.
Developers can put a Web front end on almost any legacy database without arcane CGI programming.
To tap into the power of ASP and server-side scripting, IIS includes native scripting engines for VBScript and JScript. You can even use several different scripting languages within a single ASP document. You can easily customize the various canned report formats to suit your needs. Other gems that come with IIS include Index Server 1.1 and NetShow. Using Index Server, you can index and search site content and perform advanced searches on document properties.