Windows Server team Blog

Improve Web User Experience with IIS SEO Toolkit RTW and IIS URL Rewriter 2.0 RC

2009-11-17T17:00:00Z

Remember the scene in Diehard when he shoots the glass? That was cool. What’s even cooler is now you can fine tune your Web site for the search engine, thus improving the experience for your Web users. Today, Microsoft announced the releases of IIS Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Toolkit RTW and IIS URL Rewriter 2.0 RC – both extensions for IIS. Don’t take it personally – I know it can be hard when your significant other tells you how to make improvements on something you worked hard on, let alone...(read more)

Increase Web Application Scalability and Reliability with ARR 2.0 RTW

2009-11-09T14:30:00Z

Today, Microsoft announced the final release of IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) 2.0 RTW . Customers - such as hosting providers, Content Delivery Network (CDN) providers, and IT Professionals are changing the way they do business as a result of ARR 2.0. ARR 2.0 delivers cost savings, elastic scalability, and flexible deployment options. With IIS 7.5 and ARR 2.0, customers can create a native Silverlight infrastructure and configure their CDN so that it provides superior live and on-demand media...(read more)

Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 eBook Available as Free Download

2009-10-23T19:13:00Z

Thanks much to the Microsoft Learning and MS Press folks for such a fantastic giveaway. I remember getting the pre-cursor for this book, Introducing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 , before I joined Microsoft and it was a huge help in getting grounded with the then-new OS. Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 is a deep-dive work, that'll get you up to speed on how R2's new features and capabilities work, including Hyper-V and RDS virtualization, management, IIS and the new Web application platform and...(read more)

Provide a Better Web Site Experience with Faster Response Times

2009-10-14T21:53:00Z

Have you ever hummed the Jeopardy theme song while waiting for a Web site to download - even on a high-speed Internet connection? Sometimes the problem is OUT of your control – whether it is an Internet traffic jam, scheduled maintenance, or some other unknown cause for a delay in receiving your request to view the latest on what the stock market is doing. But sometimes the problem is IN your control – such as pre-loading worker processes at the start of the Web server or when Overlapped Recycling...(read more)

Six Ways to Help Customers Extend their Web Sites

2009-09-24T13:03:00Z

Wow – do we have a bunch of announcements for you! If you care about Web sites, read on. From really cool media scenarios, to making it easy getting started on the Microsoft Web Platform, to advanced tweaks to your Web site – we have something for all walks of life to check out. Let’s cut to the chase. Today, Microsoft announced updates to six important IIS Extensions: · IIS Application Request Routing 2.0 RC adds support to enhance disk based cache and cache proxy for content delivery networks while...(read more)

Download the New Windows Cache Extension for PHP Beta

2009-09-01T18:42:00Z

Download the New Windows Cache Extension for PHP Beta Perhaps you are a Web Developer or a Web Hoster who on the one hand likes PHP. But on the other hand you like Windows. It’s OK. It’s not a contradiction. Now you can run your PHP applications even better on Windows. It’s also OK to tell your Linux friends what they are missing. Today, Microsoft is announcing the Windows Cache Extension for PHP Beta – a PHP accelerator that is used to increase the speed of PHP applications running on Windows and...(read more)

When to expect Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM

2009-07-22T13:45:00Z

We have received many requests from our customers and partners on when they will be able to get their hands on RTM code of Windows Server 2008 R2. As the Windows Server Operations Manager, I wanted to provide a broad timeline on when different groups of customers and partners will get the final RTM code. For Partners & OEMs: ISV (Independent software vendor) and IHV (Independent hardware vendor) partners will be able to download Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM from MSDN starting on August 14th. MSDN...(read more)

Windows Server 2008 R2 Reaches the RTM Milestone!

2009-07-22T13:40:00Z

The acronym stands for Release to Manufacturing, and it means this latest release of Windows Server 2008 R2 is now blessed by engineering as ready for the manufacturing process. We're talking final code. Sun shining, birds singing, children dancing in the streets. With evaluation software available for download in the first half of August and the full product available to customers with Software Assurance in the second half of August, RTM is more than just an engineering milestone. Occurring in lock...(read more)

Download the New IIS SEO Toolkit Beta

2009-06-03T16:00:00Z

Download the New IIS SEO Toolkit Beta Do you ever wonder what it would be like to tirelessly explore the Internet as a search engine crawler? What would you find? Would the sites you meet help you or are you on your own? Would the sites tell you where important information lives or must you scour even further? Would the sites tell you how often they are updated or would you just have to figure it out? What info do you pass on to your human overlords? Were the sites even built with you in mind? The...(read more)

IIS WINS TWO NETWORK PRODUCTS GUIDE READER TRUST AWARDS

2009-05-19T14:02:00Z

IIS Application Request Routing is Selected Winner in the Best in Load Balancing Category IIS URL Rewriter is Selected Winner in the Best in URL Filtering Category If you like blue ribbon-winning chocolate chip cookies, send me some. If you like award winning technologies that can help your business stand out in the crowd, read on. Network Products Guide, an industry leading publication on information technologies and solutions, has named IIS Application Request Routing and IIS URL Rewriter as winners...(read more)

R2: How Would You Manage Without It?

2009-04-30T16:17:52Z

As many of you know, Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate (RC) is made available today to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, with broader availability from Microsoft.com on May 5th. As our final broad test milestone before RTM, this really is the best chance for you to download Windows Server 2008 R2 and put it through its paces while we continue our march to RTM. This week, I’m in the UK, meeting with enterprise customers to share our product roadmap and to discuss the investments we’ve made in R2...(read more)

IIS RECEIVES TWO PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS

2009-04-24T18:37:00Z

IIS Application Request Routing is Selected Winner in the Load Balancing Solution Category IIS URL Scan 3.1 is Selected Winner in the Web Filtering Solution Category Even though I stopped receiving sports trophies long ago, it still feels nice to win an award. And what better technology to receive a couple of awards then IIS? Info Security Products Guide, the industry’s leading publication on security-related products and technologies, has named IIS Application Request Routing & IIS URL Scan...(read more)

IIS SMOOTH STREAMING: NOW PLAYING ON AN INTERNET NEAR YOU

2009-04-22T23:33:00Z

Whether you’re a fan of Team USA swimming or not, you have to admit it was pretty exciting when the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay somehow came from behind to win gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Thanks to some exciting new media serving technologies we’ve just announced, you will be able to experience moments like this in high definition, both live and on demand, throughout the 2010 Winter Olympics and other online events. This week at the National Association of Broadcasters Show , we released IIS...(read more)

Secure, cross-company collaboration

2009-04-16T17:44:00Z

Below is a new Microsoft video about a company called Exostar . Using Windows Server Active Directory Federation Services, Certificate Server, and Forefront Security, Exostar enables global aerospace companies, such as BAE Systems, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Rolls-Royce, to securely collaborate via hosted SharePoint Server 2007. This is a good example of what we are calling "Business Ready Security." Exostar Product Focus addthis_pub = 'wedsg';...(read more)

MIXing IT UP: Announcing Web PI V2, IIS Extensions and More

2009-03-19T01:00:10Z

They say that what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas , but there’s no way we can keep to ourselves what was announced this morning here at MIX09 . At our annual conference for Web developers and designers, Corporate VP Scott Guthrie , who runs our .NET Developer Platform group, unveiled a host of new releases and technologies that will make a huge difference to anyone building Web solutions on the Microsoft Web Platform . As you know, the Microsoft Web Platform is a set of servers, tools and technologies...(read more)