Process Isolation

Because Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0 is closely integrated with MTS, applications in IIS version 4.0 and later can be started in an isolated process. There are two benefits of process isolation:

• Component development. During development of application components it is convenient to be able to update a single component by stopping and restarting a single application, rather than taking down the entire server.
• Fault isolation. Process isolation limits the effects of a crash to the single application that caused it. In addition to protecting your primary Web service from the crash, the application can be configured to restart automatically.