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New release of MS Deploy RC1

faith_a — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:08:00 GMT

We have a new release of the RC1 build to fix a couple issues that people found. We recommend that folks download the new version as it fixes some important issues.

How can I get the new build?

Just go to our download links for x86 and x64.

How does it upgrade if I already have the earlier RC1 build?

If you install the new build, it will automatically uninstall the older build and install the new one.

How does it work if my server is running the old RC1 (437) and my client is running the new RC1 (438)?

You will get an error that there is a version mismatch. The reason for this is that if your builds are out of sync, something might be different in the syncing process and cause an error. So we require the client and server to be running the same build.

What issues were fixed?

Installing an application package in certain time zones would result in an error.
Skip and replace rules didn't work properly.
A couple of other smaller infrastructure changes.

Let us know if you see any issues!

Thanks,

-faith

IIS 7 Talks: Reykjavik and London

rickjames — Sun, 06 May 2007 11:53:00 GMT

Will and I will be presenting one day talks, aimed at IT professionals, about IIS 7. Schedule:

14 May: Reykjavik (details and registration)
23 May: London (details and registration)

We're still finalizing details, but it looks like we'll also be talking in Zagreb, Athens, Brussels and Belgrade. Topics:

Overview
New UI
Shared Configuration, Remote Administration and Tools
Security
Troubleshooting

Looking forward to seeing iis.net people there!

How to speed up your most popular web page

thomad — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:05:00 GMT

What's your most popular web page?

I assume it is the default document of your web site, for example if a client requests www.mysite.com IIS would execute www.mysite.com/default.htm. Your default document list is easy to query:

C:\>%systemdrive%\inetpub\adminscripts\adsutil get w3svc\defaultdoc
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.7
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

defaultdoc : (STRING) "Default.asp,index.htm,index.html,iisstart.htm,default.aspx,Default.htm"

What happens for a request to www.mysite.com is actually pretty simple:

IIS will read the default document list and check file for file if the document exists in the physical directory of your site or vdir. IIS executes the document as soon as it finds the first match. You can imagine that this is pretty expensive. In the above case, supposing default.htm is the only default document that exists in your sites root directory, IIS would check five times until it finds default.htm. And this happens for every request!

The fixes for this problem are obvious:
1) trim down your default document list
2) put default documents that exist at the beginning of the list

Fix 2 has another huge benefit. IIS can put the first default document into the HTTP.SYS kernel-mode cache. It can stay there until IIS invalidates the cache, for example if the default document configuration changes. Kernel-mode caching is now possible because if an existing document is at the top of the list the existence of other default documents doesn't have to be checked anymore.

Stay tuned for my DefaultDocOptimizer script. I'm writing it tonight :)