Hello All!

I'm looking for information on building an NT Web Server and connecting it to the internet. I currently
am using a hosting service...everything is fine, but I want more control over my data and services I can run on the Server. I have an Idea for a web application, and it will require a lot of data manipulation,reporting etc., and using a hosting service doesn't seem like the best approach with the amount of data going back and forth, plus I need to load some application specific programs that I can launch from the server. Anyway, I'm not at all familiar with all of the components necessary to build a Web Server and connecting it to the internet, so I'm looking for a decent resource that might help explain the process and provide information on how to accomplish this.
I would appreciate any information,references,books etc. that may show me the way!

Thanks!

John.