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Leverage the Top 10 Performance Improvements in IIS 7.0

IIS 7.0 improves on the already solid performance of its predecessor in quite a few places. But the real power lies in the new capabilities IIS 7.0 provides that can significantly improve performance, scalability, and reduce operational costs of running...

Trace IIS 7.0 Errors Like a Pro with Failed Request Tracing

When dealing with hard to find IIS 7.0 errors, I break out the trusty Failed Request Tracing. My favorite way of doing this is through the command line...( read more ) Read More...

Make your next IIS 7.0 web server a lean one

Among IT circles, IIS 7.0’s modularity is definitely one of its most welcomed traits. It promises a significantly reduced surface area, lightweight management overhead, and better performance. Ever wonder how far you can go with modularizing IIS 7.0?...

Connecting to IIS 7.0 configuration remotely with Microsoft.Web.Administration

IIS 7.0 provides a number of APIs that you can use to manage configuration remotely. This post provides the info and tools you need to configure remote access to IIS 7.0 configuration, including for use on Server Core installations....( read more ) Read...

Leaving Microsoft ...

After almost 5 years at the company, I am both sad and excited to say that I’ll be leaving the IIS team and Microsoft at the end of this week. Looking back, I can say that my experience at Microsoft has been truly amazing...

The IIS 7.0 Resource Kit Book

The IIS 7.0 Resource Kit Book is out! Coming straight from yours truly, the IIS 7.0 team, and some of our best MVPs, this book has all the conceptual background and details you'll need to understand the principles behind the web server platform, and take...

IconHandler 2.0: file icons in your ASP.NET applications

Since its release, IconHandler has been a pretty popular module (on its own and with the custom DirectoryListingModule ). Today, I am releasing v2.0 of IconHandler, which contains some much-requested functionality and fixes a few issues that people have...

Creating portable ASP.NET applications that work on IIS 6.0, IIS 7.0 Classic, and IIS 7.0 Integrated modes

ASP.NET applications in IIS 7.0 Integrated mode requires configuration changes if they define custom modules or handlers. However, it is still possible to create portable ASP.NET applications that can function in all three environments without configuration...

Using Visual Studio 2005 with IIS 7.0

A few weeks back, I put together a detailed article about using Visual Studio 2008 to work with IIS 7.0 applications, collecting all the various how-to and gotchas I've blogged about in the past in one place. Now, you can find the same information for...

Backing up and restoring IIS 7.0 shared configuration

Bill's recent post reminded me of a question I often get about backing up and restoring configuration when IIS 7.0 is being used in the Shared Configuration mode. In this mode, the applicationHost.config file is stored on a UNC share to allow multiple...

IIS 7.0 bitrate throttling

Last week, the IIS team released bit-rate throttling module to the web. As the self-proclaimed daddy of the project (I designed and wrote the initial prototype in early 2007), I am very thrittled to see it out. The new IIS media team folks have done a...

Using Visual Studio 2008 with IIS 7.0

In the past, I've blogged a number of times about using Visual Studio to develop and debug IIS 7.0 applications. I am happy to say that Visual Studio 2008 has added a number of improvements to work better with IIS 7.0, making it a lot easier to use it...

IIS 7.0 is finished: a trip down memory lane

After 5 years in development, IIS 7.0 is finished ! Personally, it is hard to believe that it is over. I remember joining the IIS 7.0 team over 4 years ago, when the project was in its infancy, to drive the design of the web server engine. I remember...

Starting, stopping and recycling IIS 7.0 Web sites and application pools

When working with your IIS 7.0 server, you'll often need to start and stop IIS 7.0 Web sites and start, stop, or recycle IIS 7.0 application pools. Unfortunately, often people don't fully understand what these actions mean and how to properly use them...

IIS 7.0 is the number one reason people want Windows Server 2008

According to an InformationWeek study, IIS 7.0 is the feature that most interests customers in Windows Server 2008. More at http://mvolo.com/blogs/serverside/archive/2008/02/22/IIS-7.0-_2D00_-the-number-one-reason-customers-want-Windows-Server-2008.aspx...

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I am a Program Manager on the IIS Application Server team. I own IIS7 server core, and the ASP.NET runtime - I was originally the ASP.NET runtime PM during ASP.NET 2.0 days. In my (spare?) time, I also develop AppCmd, the unified IIS7 command line tool, and work on other "special" projects. To read more about the stuff the team/I do, check out my blog at http://www.mvolo.com.

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