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There is no escaping character in an URL Rewrite expression, but here is how you include curly bracket within an URL Rewrite expression.

Do performance work it is easy when you have the right tools for measuring gains or lost. I will share some thoughts about how to improve performance during rewriting, but please keep in mind that any change you do must be well thought and with performance numbers in hand. If you need advice, please use the IIS forums: http://forums.iis.net/1152.aspx

The following registry values can be set for the IIS URL Rewrite module and will affect the global behavior of the module; use them at your own risk :)

Do a web request using System.Net classes, HttpWebRequest or WebClient. For example:

In my previous post I explained how to collect ETW events from URL Rewrite (or any other IIS provider) and then display those structured events in the Event Viewer. Now I want to show you how to collect ETW events using C#.

IIS Failed Request Tracing is a powerful way to troubleshoot Web Requests, it provides an easy way to track each execution step for one specific request. URL Rewrite Module provides several events that can be tracked using Failed Request Tracing, here is an article that explains how: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/467/using-failed-request-tracing-to-trace-rewrite-rules/

The GoLive release of URL Rewrite Module is now available and has a lot of improvement thanks to the IIS Community feedback (and tons of internal brainstorm meetings!). A new feature is the ability to create Rewrite Rules by using Rewrite Templates, Rewrite Templates are UI extensions that help to simplify the creation of rules.