Microsoft announced on Tuesday that Web hosting and domain name provider GoDaddy is transitioning its approximately 4.5 million domains from a Linux platform to the Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting.

“Our business is based on providing the best possible service at the lowest possible price. This strategy requires us to maximize all of our resources, particularly our technology assets,” says Warren Adelman, GoDaddy president and COO. “It was clear from all of the testing we’ve conducted that Microsoft provides an efficient and scalable operating platform, while also providing the performance needed to handle our extraordinary growth.”

Microsoft says its Solution for Windows-based Hosting provides GoDaddy with a technology platform that is security-enhanced, highly scalable and easy to manage. Additionally, the growing number of independent software vendors creating applications based on the Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting enables GoDaddy to introduce new services to its customers easily and cost-effectively.

Go Daddy has also recently developed and deployed its Quick Blog tool, enabling the aggregation of bloggers in one large Windows-based application while assigning each blogger a unique domain.