* A lightweight, [high-performance](https://github.com/aspnet/benchmarks), and modular HTTP request pipeline.
* Ability to host on [IIS](xref:host-and-deploy/iis/index), [Nginx](xref:host-and-deploy/linux-nginx), [Apache](xref:host-and-deploy/linux-apache), [Docker](xref:host-and-deploy/docker/index), or self-host in your own process.
* Side-by-side app versioning when targeting [.NET Core](/dotnet/articles/standard/choosing-core-framework-server).