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  • Updates Released for ARR, URL Rewrite and HttpPlatformHandler Including Windows 10 Support

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    Last week we released updates to ARR 3.0, URL Rewrite 2.0, External Cache 1.1 and HttpPlatformHandler 1.0. These updates include amongst other updates below, the ability to install on Windows 10 ahead of the upcoming release. Listed below are the details of the update and key highlights and important changes to be aware of before deploying these updated versions.

    Application Request Routing 3.0 (Version 3.0.1952)

    Download: http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/application-request-routing

    Important changes in this release include

    • Windows 10 Support – It is now possible to install ARR 3.0 on Windows 10 with this release
    • Web Farm Framework 1.1 no longer required – Application Request Routing no longer has a dependency on Web Farm Framework 1.1
    • Changes to load balancing algorithms available – The following algorithms have been REMOVED from Application Request Routing:
      • Weighted Total Traffic
      • Least Current Request
      • Least Response Time
    • Buffering on SignalR responses is now disabled
    • Logging improvements made to help diagnose why requests failed with Status Code 502.3
    • This release also incorporates fixes in KB3016062

    Application Request Routing 3.0 Stand-alone Package (IExpress)

    Download: x86 x64

    This version includes ARR and its dependencies, so that it provides a single step install for it without using the Web Platform Installer. For more information about installing ARR and its components, see the following blog post: http://blogs.technet.com/b/erezs_iis_blog/archive/2013/11/27/installing-arr-manually-without-webpi.aspx

    URL Rewrite 2.0 (Version 2.0.1952)

    Download: http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite

    Important changes in this release include

    • Windows 10 Support – It is now possible to install URL Rewrite Module 2.0 on Windows 10 with this release
    • Custom attributes containing dashes are now supported – This is required as HTML 5 has the following rules for determining HTML attribute names: http://www.w3.org/TR/html-markup/syntax.html#syntax-attributes
    • Incorporates Hotfix for URL Rewrite 2.0 (June 2014) as in KB2974666

    HttpPlatformHandler 1.0 (Version 1.0.1954)

    Download: http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/httpplatformhandler

    Important changes in this release include:

    • Windows 10 Support – It is now possible to install HttpPlatformHandler on Windows 10 with this release
    • startUpTimeLimit is now auto incremented by 5 seconds on every retry.