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Can anybody help me look for a site that will host my ASP.Net web files for FREE. Thanks.

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Free, reliable ASP.NET hosting is uncommon. As pointed out, Windows/IIS hosting usually carries licensing and management costs, so truly free, production-grade hosts are rare. That said, the right approach depends on the goal: learning, short demos, or a live site with real users.

For local development and testing, run the app on your machine (Visual Studio + IIS Express or local IIS). For short-term public demos, use cloud provider trial credits to create a Web App or small VM and deploy from Visual Studio or Git — trials are free for a limited time but usually require a credit card and expire. If long-term, low-cost hosting is needed, consider porting to modern .NET (ASP.NET Core/.NET 6/7/8), which runs on Linux; this opens many inexpensive or free Linux-based PaaS and container hosts that do not require Windows licensing. Porting typically means removing System.Web dependencies, updating project files, and testing locally before deploying.

A paid shared Windows host remains the most straightforward option for stable, supported hosting (see ), and vendors sometimes run limited-time promotions (as noted). Important cautions: free tiers often limit CPU, RAM, background tasks, database availability, custom domains, SSL, and backups. Do not use free hosting for sensitive production data. Always verify current provider terms, test deployment and database connectivity, and keep a local copy and backup strategy.

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you wont find many or maybve even any at all . Microsoft products are expensive to host as you need windows 2003 and licences.

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You could look at my hosts eUKHosts

Their not free but windows hosting(with ASP.NET) starts at £39.99 per Year


My package with eUKHosts costs £74.99 per year
The same package on 1and1 costs £199.88 per year

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