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IIS7 modules vs. IIS6 ISAPI: Managing request state in your module

For post #4 in the IIS7 Modules vs. IIS6 ISAPI series, let's take a look at another common pattern in IIS module development - storing request-specific state inside your module. Read More...

Posted 25 December 06 05:50 by Mike Volodarsky | 3 Comments   
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IIS7 modules vs. IIS6 ISAPI: Memory Management

For post #3 in the IIS7 Modules vs. IIS6 ISAPI series, let’s look at one of the biggest trouble areas that bite C developers - managing memory. Read More...

Posted 01 November 06 09:57 by Mike Volodarsky | 2 Comments   
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IIS7 modules vs. IIS6 ISAPI #9: Intuitive object model

This is the second post in the series on why IIS7 module development beats the pants off the ISAPI development for the previous version of IIS. Today's topic - the rich class-based IIS7 object model. Read More...

Posted 12 October 06 08:53 by Mike Volodarsky | 4 Comments   
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IIS7 modules vs. IIS6 ISAPI #10: C++ Class-based encapsulation model

For the first post in this series, lets start with the basics.

ISAPI Extensions and Filters are implemented as global exported functions within the extension/filter DLL. For example, an ISAPI Filter will always contain an exported HttpFilterProc function that gets invoked by the server for each request mapped to it ... Read More...

Posted 07 October 06 09:52 by Mike Volodarsky | 4 Comments   
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10 reasons why server development is better with IIS7

As you already know (if you don’t, go read about it right now), IIS7 core server has been completely re-engineered to provide a brand new extensibility model on top of which all of the server features are built. This allows anyone to remove/replace all existing server features, or add new ones - by using either the new native APIs, or the managed ASP.NET APIs. Over the past two years, we did a bunch of work to make sure the new native APIs are easy to use and help write more robust server code. But, it is hard to appreciate all the benefits until you actually compare writing an IIS7 module with writing an IIS6 ISAPI Extension – I am often amazed at how helpful these improvements can be when developing IIS components ... Read More...

Posted 07 October 06 09:49 by Mike Volodarsky | 6 Comments   
Filed under IIS7, Development, ISAPI

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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