February 2008 Archive on MVolo's Blog

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...

Debugging IIS 7.0 Web applications remotely with Visual Studio 2008

This post has the steps to set up remote debugging of IIS 7.0 web sites with Visual Studio 2008. Last time I wrote about debugging on IIS 7.0 was Fix problems with Visual Studio F5 debugging of ASP.NET applications on IIS7 Vista . Since then, a hotfix...

MSDN Magazine: Extend IIS 7.0 end-to-end

In this month's launch edition of MSDN magazine, we celebrate the release of Windows Server 2008. Of course, this celebration wouldnt be complete without a juicy article on IIS 7.0 - this time, showing off the complete extensibility of the Web server...

Two-Level Authentication with Forms Authentication and Windows Authentication

The integration of IIS and ASP.NET authentication stages in Integrated mode applications brings a lot of benefits, including being able to use ASP.NET authentication features like Forms Authentication for the entire web site. However, it also prevents...

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