May 31, 2008
One of the most hotly requested features for IIS is now available! Yesterday we shipped the first technical preview of a new URLrewrite module for IIS7. It is free for all IIS7 users and available for download x86 and x64 . Thomas and Carlos have blogged...
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Apr 25, 2008
You may have seen recent reports that have surfaced stating that web sites running on Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 have been compromised. These reports allude to a possible vulnerability in IIS or issues related to Security...
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Apr 15, 2008
One of the things I'm most excited about Windows Server 2008 is the new Web-focused version of Windows called Windows Web Server 2008. It is a special, low-priced version of Windows (only $469 retail, half the price of Standard edition and available...
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Jun 12, 2007
Scott Seely just published a 30 page whitepaper on IIS7. It includes a great overview of many of the new IIS7 features and architecture, along with lots of great code samples for .NET developers. This is especially helpful if you're looking for more information...
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May 25, 2007
I've seen several posts asking the question: how do I turn off the "verify file exists" setting on handlers / script maps in IIS7. I must admit, this seems to not be as straightforward as it should be. Hopefully this post helps you out. The configuration...
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Tags: IIS7ASP.NETAdministrationTroubleshootingASP
May 19, 2007
One of my favorite ASP.NET features is forms authentication, supported by the powerful membership system in ASP.NET 2.0. Back when I built Web applications for a living, I remember agonizing over the building the authentication support for my applications...
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Dec 28, 2006
TheJoyOfCode.com guys have posted a great blog entry which demonstrates the power of IIS7's integrated pipeline , and provides a useful new feature for Web developers on IIS7. Last February, they wrote an ASP.NET module that could dynamically validate...
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Tags: IIS7ASP.NETExtensibilityIIS News Item
Sep 18, 2006
I've been using the free version of Visual Studio for web development - Visual Web Developer Express Edition - for a while now and I really like it. In my opinion it is leagues ahead of previous Visual Studio releases targeted at Web development. I still...
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