We are happy to announce that customers have more options for SSL certificates when the SSL Add-on is activated. Option 1) DiscountASP.NET provides a Free RapidSSL dedicated SSL certificate with the SSL Add-on. This is not a shared SSL certificate. Option 2) You can purchase other SSL certificates through DiscountASP.NET at a significant discount compared to retail pricing from the SSL provider. Pricing is listed here. Option 3) You can buy an SSL certificate directly from an SSL provid...

DiscountASP.NET announces enhancing our SQL Server hosting with the launch of SQL Server Profiling as a service. SQL Profiler is a powerful tool that allows the application and database developer to troubleshoot general SQL locking problems, performance issues, and perform database tuning. With our SQL Profiling as a Service customers can schedule a database trace at a specific time of their choosing and offers a new way to help our customers troubleshoot. For more information, visit: http://w...

DiscountASP.NET announces enhancing security of their SQL Server hosting platform through support of SSL encrypted SQL communication with their SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2005 servers and in both the US and UK datacenter locations. With this security enhancement, customers can use SQL Management Studio and use the “Encrypt Connection” option when connecting to their database.

We are proud to announce that we are the first host to launch support for Microsoft IIS Database Manager 1.0 for our Windows 2008 hosting platform with integration of a SQL Server backup and SQL Server restore solution within the DB Manager interface - a new way to backup and restore SQL databases. The IIS Database Manager allows users to manage their local and remote databases from within IIS Manager and provides an array of functionalities including managing tables, views, stored procedures ...

DiscountASP.NET is proud to announce that we have received the 2010 Editor’s Choice Award in the "Best ASP.NET Hosting Company" category by Mindcracker Network, the team behind c-sharpcorner.com.

The Microsoft SQL Driver for PHP is now available on our hosting platform, which allows PHP applications to access SQL Server databases. The SQL Driver for PHP is a PHP5 extension that allows for accessing data for SQL 2005 and SQL 2008 from within PHP scripts. Sample code.

We are pround to announce that we have successfully renewed our Microsoft Gold Certified Partner status for 2010 with three Microsoft competencies - which are the new Hosting Solutions competency, the Security Solutions competency and the Networking Infrastructure competency.

Due to customer feedback, we have launched a Private Whois addon. Some background. When you get a domain name, the organization that oversees domains, ICANN, requires that the domain owner's contact information be publicly available - much like a business license. The domain owner's contact information is found doing a Whois lookup search. With this Private Whois service, your domain contact information will not be available to the public ensuring an added level of privacy. If you already reg...

We are happy to announce the launch of Microsoft SQL Server Server 2008 Reporting Services (SSRS) hosting as a new optional add-on enhancement for $5/mo. To order SSRS 2008, navigate to the new SQL 2008 RS section of the Control Panel. To support SQL 2008 Reporting Services, we introduce a new SQL 2008 Reporting Services User Manager tool in the control panel. With this tool, customers can add/remove/manage additional SQL Report Users in real-time.