.NET application server

Question

Are there any .NET apllication servers (like JEE ones - JBoss, WebSphere and alike) ?

Answer 1

Apart from IIS?

Apache has a .NET module you can use.

Answer 2

Currently, IIS with its Integrated Pipeline and the .NET Framework is the closest we get.

Going forward, this is the role intended for Windows Server AppFabric.

Answer 3

There is no clear concept of Application Server in .NET, since the .NET framework is quite integrated in the OS. In web applications, the role of Application Server would be split into IIS and Windows itself. To summarize: .NET Framework is so rich that it already provides many of the functionality applications may need.