February 2008 - Posts

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   
Filed under Other, IIS7

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 | 11 Comments   
Filed under IIS7, Troubleshooting, AppCmd

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   
Filed under IIS7

Debugging IIS 7.0 Web applications remotely with Visual Studio 2008

********************************************************************** UPDATE - 4/8/2008 I've collected the various how-tos and gotchas about using Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008 with IIS 7.0 applications into two detailed articles: Using Read More...

Posted 20 February 08 03:36 by Mike Volodarsky | 9 Comments   
Filed under IIS7, Debugging, VisualStudio

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. It's been a long road and we are finally done! Of course, this celebration wouldnt be complete without a juicy article on IIS 7.0 - this time, showing Read More...

Posted 18 February 08 01:53 by Mike Volodarsky | 3 Comments   

IIS 7.0 Two-Level Authentication with Forms Authentication and Windows Authentication

One of the key improvements granted by the ASP.NET integration in IIS 7.0 is a unified authentication model. Instead of the two-stage model in previous versions of IIS, where IIS executed its own authentication methods before ASP.NET processing began, Read More...

Posted 11 February 08 02:28 by Mike Volodarsky | 13 Comments   

For the past 5 years, I was the core server Program Manager for the IIS 7.0 and ASP.NET 2.0 products at Microsoft.
Now, I work on advanced web server tech using IIS 7.0, .NET, and Windows Server 2008 and write about it in this blog.

Writings

TechNet Magazine
>Top 10 Performance Improvements in IIS 7.0

MSDN Magazine
>IIS 7.0: Build Web Server Solutions with End-To-End Extensibility
>IIS 7.0: Enhance Your Apps with the Integrated ASP.NET Pipeline
>IIS 7.0: Explore The Web Server For Windows Vista And Beyond
>Design and Deploy Secure Web Apps with ASP.NET 2.0 and IIS 6.0
>Fast, Scalable, and Secure Session State Management for Your Web Applications

LeechGuard
IconHandler 2.0
DirectoryListing
HttpRedirection
IIS Auth for Wordpress
iisschema.exe
PortCheck.exe v2.0

- ASP.NET 2.0 Breaking Changes on IIS 7.0
- Develop IIS7 modules and handlers with .NET
- Troubleshoot IIS7 errors like a pro
- Troubleshooting 503 / "service unavailable" errors
- Troubleshooting "server not found" errors
- Create IIS7 sites, applications, and virtual directories
- Run Ruby on Rails with IIS FastCGI
- VS Debugging of ASP.NET applications on Windows Vista
- Stop hot-linking with IIS and ASP.NET

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