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You’ll primarily see IIS in corporate environments or on servers that need to run Microsoft-specific technologies like ASP.NET. It is not commonly used for hosting open-source platforms like WordPress. As I mentioned, several different software applications can do the job of a web server. When choosing hosting, the “stack” (the software the host uses) can have a big impact on performance. The hardware is just a powerful (and expensive) paperweight without the web server software. It’s a reliable, well-understood, and battle-tested choice that powers a huge percentage of all websites. Cloud serve …