Web.config is the file for the local settings to be applied for a website which store configuration data in XML format.Web config file is specific to a web application where as machine config is specific to a machine or server.One main difference is that there can have be multiple web config files into an application where as we can have only one machine config file on a server.
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Machine.config Vs web.config
Web.config is the file for the local settings to be applied for a website which store configuration data in XML format.Web config file is specific to a web application where as machine config is specific to a machine or server.One main difference is that there can have be multiple web config files into an application where as we can have only one machine config file on a server.