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? Read More...
Posted 17 June 08 12:04 by Mike Volodarsky | 5 Comments   
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The next step
It's been one week since I left Microsoft, and what a week its been! I dont remember the last time I was on so little sleep :) I'll be making some changes to www.mvolo.com and posting more info about the new stuff shortly. I have to say though Read More...
Posted 27 May 08 01:46 by Mike Volodarsky | 0 Comments   
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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...
Posted 26 May 08 11:20 by Mike Volodarsky | 7 Comments   
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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. I got to ship two amazing Read More...
Posted 14 May 08 05:54 by Mike Volodarsky | 11 Comments   
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The IIS 7.0 Resource Kit Book
The IIS 7.0 Resource Kit Book is out! Coming straight from the IIS 7.0 team and some of our best MVPs, this should be the best IIS 7.0 book out there today ... Read More...
Posted 01 May 08 01:59 by Mike Volodarsky | 8 Comments   
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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 Read More...
Posted 27 April 08 02:27 by Mike Volodarsky | 9 Comments   
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Mvolo.com moves again
Ever since I started blogging about IIS 7.0, I had the plan to do it on a server that was running the actual technology I was blogging about ... I deviated a little from the plan when I first stated out, making the first few posts using GoDaddy's Read More...
Posted 25 April 08 03:02 by Mike Volodarsky | 0 Comments   
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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 possible to create portable ASP.NET applications that can function in all three environments without configuration changes. Read More...
Posted 15 April 08 11:30 by Mike Volodarsky | 7 Comments   
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Using Visual Studio 2005 with IIS 7.0
I've blogged quite a bit about using Visual Studio to develop and debug IIS 7.0 applications in the past. 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 in one place. Now, you can find the same information for Visual Studio 2005, in a new article titled Using Visual Studio 2005 with IIS 7.0. Read More...
Posted 04 April 08 12:05 by Mike Volodarsky | 4 Comments   
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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 servers to share a single configuration file. Read More...
Posted 25 March 08 02:41 by Mike Volodarsky | 2 Comments   
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IIS 7.0 Bit-rate throttling module
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 thrilled to see it out. The new IIS media team folks have done a Read More...
Posted 16 March 08 09:58 by Mike Volodarsky | 12 Comments   
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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 Read More...
Posted 12 March 08 07:30 by Mike Volodarsky | 7 Comments   
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IIS 7.0 ships: 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 Read More...
Posted 28 February 08 12:39 by Mike Volodarsky | 8 Comments   
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Starting, stopping and recycling IIS 7.0 Web sites and application pools
As many of you know, IIS 7.0 provides the ability to start and stop Web sites, and application pools. However, since previous releases, there has been much confusion as to what exactly happens when you do so. This post should clarify this and provide Read More...
Posted 25 February 08 11:36 by Mike Volodarsky | 8 Comments   
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IIS 7.0 - the number one reason customers want Windows Server 2008
It's official :) According to a survey conducted by InformationWeek , IIS 7.0 is the feature that most interests customers in Windows Server 2008. Needless to say, there is a lot of great technology coming out in Windows Server 2008, which is why Read More...
Posted 22 February 08 11:19 by Mike Volodarsky | 5 Comments   
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I am a Program Manager on the Microsoft’s IIS team, in charge of the IIS7 web server engine. I also drive a number of other areas including the new IIS FastCGI support, the AppCmd command line tool, the ASP.NET Integrated pipeline, and other special projects around server security, performance, and scalability.

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