Testing IIS 7 for Yourself
The momentum for IIS 7 is gradually building, and I keep seeing great things in the press and several blogs about it. You can read a few details below:
- IIS 7 Shows Continued Security Push
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1988880,00.asp - IIS 7
http://pluralsight.com/blogs/fritz/archive/2004/09/14/2262.aspx - IIS 7.0 Learns a Few Tricks from Apache
http://www.betanews.com/article/IIS_70_Learns_a_Few_Tricks_from_Apache/1126807433 - IIS 7 details released
http://www.tomrafteryit.net/iis-7-details-released/
IIS 7 contains a number of great features, and there are a couple of ways that you can get your hands on it for testing without installing the ViIsta or Longhorn beta:
- Microsoft is offering free virtual labs using IIS 7 on a virtual machine at the following URL:
http://virtuallabs.iis.net/ - MaximumASP is hosting free web sites on IIS 7 at the following URL:
http://iis7.maximumaspbeta.com/
Have fun!