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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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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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Check IIS network connectivity with PortCheck v2.0
Due to demand for the original PortCheck tool , I decided to release the updated version that I myself have been using that has a few more features to help diagnose connectivity issues. [ Download PortCheck v2.0 ] The idea behind PortCheck was simple Read More...
Posted 23 January 08 11:11 by Mike Volodarsky | 8 Comments   
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Mike's IIS7 modules - what's coming next
During IIS7 development, I've written quite a few modules for IIS7 / ASP.NET. Some of these were for various demos, others were to help out various internal and external customers, and others just because they were fun to write. Developing for IIS7 Read More...
Posted 28 October 07 02:36 by Mike Volodarsky | 5 Comments   
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IIS Authentication plugin for the Wordpress PHP blogging engine
This weekend, I was working on an MSDN magazine article and as part of putting together a demo happened to install PHP’s Wordpress blog app on IIS7. Of course, I used the latest FastCGI bits available in the box in in Windows Server 2008 Beta 3, Read More...
Posted 12 August 07 11:28 by Mike Volodarsky | 25 Comments   
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Attachment(s): iisauth_wordpress_v1.zip
IISSCHEMA.EXE - A tool to register IIS7 configuration sections
A very cool aspect of IIS7’s end-to-end extensibility is the ability to define your own configuration sections for your custom web server modules and handlers, that reside in the standard IIS configuration files side by side with IIS configuration. Read More...
Posted 04 August 07 08:38 by Mike Volodarsky | 8 Comments   
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Attachment(s): iisschema.zip
Redirect requests to your application with the HttpRedirection module
The HttpRedirection module allows you to configure regular expression-based rules that redirect clients from url A to url B using http redirection. When clients make a request to your server, and the url matches one of the redirection rules you have configured, Read More...
Posted 24 May 07 03:06 by Mike Volodarsky | 4 Comments   
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Attachment(s): HttpRedirection_v1_source.zip
Redirect clients in your application with HttpRedirection module
In a web application, it’s often necessary to redirect clients requesting one url to another url. Here are some reasons why your application may need to do it: · A part of your site should only be accessed over HTTPS to protect private data, Read More...
Posted 24 May 07 02:58 by Mike Volodarsky | 16 Comments   
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Attachment(s): HttpRedirection_v1_sampleapp.zip
WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released
The NT Performance team just publically released the latest version of WCAT (Web Capacity Analysis Tool), the web performance test tool that the IIS team and NT Performance team use to conduct internal performance and scalability testing of IIS and ASP.NET. Read More...
Posted 17 May 07 03:40 by Mike Volodarsky | 30 Comments   
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Attachment(s): wcat.doc
Get nice looking directory listings for your IIS website with DirectoryListingModule
Do you hate bland directory listing pages that most web servers have these days? Many of us do on the IIS team, and so over the past several years we've built a few directory listing modules to spice up IIS directory listings. I figured I should put an end to this by writing one that is oh so much better then all the other ones - and then give it to you to build some cool templates, and create complely customized directory listings for your website. Read More...
Posted 21 January 07 01:35 by Mike Volodarsky | 82 Comments   
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Attachment(s): mvolo-directorylisting-web.zip
Display pretty file icons in your ASP.NET applications with IconHandler
Do you like file icons? I do. They make it pretty easy to visually digest file lists in Windows, when you open a file system folder with explorer.

Displaying icons in your web application can also be pretty compelling (for example, to spruce up that boring directory listing page, or visually represent documents in your web app). Wouldn't it be cool if you can write an ASP.NET control or page that can embed these icons on your custom directory listing view?

Unfortinately, there is no easy way to get icons for files in the .NET framework, so you have to do a little interop with the Windows shell to get the icon for a file / file extension, and then figure out a way to serve it over the web as an image. So, I wrote an ASP.NET image handler that serves the icon for an aritrary file or extension, that you can simply drop into your application to get these pretty icons for whatever purposes you need. Read More...
Posted 11 January 07 05:07 by Mike Volodarsky | 49 Comments   
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Stopping hot-linking with IIS and ASP.NET
Many web sites suffer from others directly linking to their image, video and other content. This practice is called often called leeching, hot-linking, or inline-linking and causes wasted bandwidth and increased server load to the victim web site. Last weekend, I wrote a little ASP.NET module that prevents hot linking. It can be used on IIS5 (Windows 2000/XP), IIS6 (Windows Server 2003), and IIS7 (Windows Vista / Longhorn Server), and its also a perfect excuse to talk more about IIS and ASP.NET integration :) Read More...
Posted 10 November 06 01:50 by Mike Volodarsky | 48 Comments   
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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.

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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


Tools and Modules

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

Popular Posts

- 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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