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DiscountASP.NET Control Panel: New Custom Modules and Windows Web Application Gallery Integration

May 13, 2010

DiscountASP.NET is one of the partner hosting providers with whom we work closely to provide high value Windows hosting. DiscountASP.NET offers one base hosting plan and add-on enhancements . Customers can choose either Windows 2008 or Windows 2003, with...

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How to Run IIS-Hosted WordPress, DotNetNuke, High-Definition Media, and Web Apps on Amazon EC2

Apr 13, 2010

In my last blog on MaxESP , I talked about how Web hoster MaximumASP uses the free Application Request Routing IIS Web extension to power “elastic” scale for the MaxESP shared hosting service. As a Web server platform, IIS plays a role in many different...

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How IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) Powers “Elastic Scale” for MaximumASP

Mar 25, 2010

  If you seen my blog on Application Request Routing (ARR) v2 , you know I am a big fan of how ARR opens up new capabilities for IIS around application request routing , edge caching particularly in high definition media delivery , and Tomcat-type...

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Integrating Web App Gallery Open Source Applications with a Control Panel

Mar 24, 2010

We’ve had millions of ASP.NET and PHP community application downloads from the Windows Web Application Gallery and Web Platform Installer since we launched a year ago. Once a user selects “Install” from the Web App Gallery, Web Platform Installer (WebPI...

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Your Free In-Bound/Out-bound URL Management Platform with URL Rewrite 2.0

Mar 23, 2010

If you are looking for an easy-to-use powerful way to control the behavior of URLs on your Web site without cracking the code of the Web app, you need to download and try URL Rewrite 2.0 . URL Rewrite 2.0 is an IIS7.x server extension, which means that...

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Download FastCGI Update for Better Performance of PHP on Windows

Mar 23, 2010

Many PHP community applications being used today by Web developers to build Web sites for businesses. IIS has worked hard to make our platform a first class citizen for hosting PHP applications in addition to our ASP.NET integration. The “core” of our...

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Windows Cache Extension for PHP (aka, “WinCache”) 1.0 General Availability Today

Nov 19, 2009

Today we announce the general availability of the Windows Cache Extension for PHP 1.0 (affectionately known as “WinCache”), which is an open source built-for-Windows caching extension to the PHP engine. You can view, contribute and download the source...

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IIS SEO Toolkit 1.0 Final Release Available Today

Nov 17, 2009

Today, IIS launched the IIS SEO Toolkit 1.0 , a free, fully supported extension to IIS7 that makes it easy for you to build and maintain Web sites optimized for search engines and site quality. In a world where thousands of new Web sites appear on the...

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Download a powerful load balancer and caching solution free on Windows Server 2008 or later with Application Request Routing (ARR) 2.0

Nov 09, 2009

I am very pleased to announce the final release of Application Request Routing (ARR) 2.0 , which provides a powerful load balancer and caching solution for free download onto Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2. As with all the IIS Web server...

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How You Can Use IIS7 as Web Front End to Java App Servers

Oct 22, 2009

Ask many server administrators if Microsoft’s IIS Web server can be used with Java servers, and you will probably hear a quick “No way!” with an optional sniff or chuckle, depending on your server preference. Starting with Windows Server 2008 and later...

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General availability of Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2, with IIS 7.5

Oct 22, 2009

As of today, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is generally available for purchase. This latest release of the Windows operating system contains IIS 7.5, which provides a set of enhancements and new functionality on top of the IIS 7 Web server platform...

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New IIS Web Extensions for Web Site Developers and Web Server Administrators

Sep 24, 2009

I am very proud to announce our September 2009 release of IIS Web extensions! This September launch includes the RTW release of Web Deploy 1.0 , Web Platform Installer 2.0 , and IIS Database Manager 1.0 , as well as the pre-release versions of Application...

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8 New Free ASP.NET and PHP Open Source Apps in the Web App Gallery

Jul 30, 2009

It's been four months since we launched the Windows Web Application Gallery, and we've been adding apps to the Gallery steadily. Today saw the arrival of SugarCRM Community Edition (CE) , a free customer relationship management PHP open source application...

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Contributions to the PHP Engine

May 18, 2009

I am always amazed at the passion and energy that open source contributors put into what is often their “night job” after whatever they do to pay the bills. It is that passion that has driven a vibrant community of PHP open source applications that ranges...

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Real World IIS Videocasts for Community ASP.NET and PHP Application Packaging and Deployment

May 04, 2009

I just wrapped up a series of videocasts that target developers and users who want to experience a simplified deployment experience for apps and the Web stack on Windows, focusing particularly on ASP.NET and PHP open source community applications. For...

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Mai-lan is a former member of the IIS product team who works on other Web-based platforms at Microsoft.

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