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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 | 13 Comments
Filed under IIS7, Development, Tools, Configuration, IIS
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 | 5 Comments
Filed under IIS7, Configuration
Finding your way around IIS 7 configuration sections with AppCmd: The IIS 7 configuration system contains 50+ configuration sections (100+ if you count .NET Framework configuration), 477 attributes, and 57 collections. This can make it pretty challenging to figure out exactly what IIS 7 configuration section needs to Read More...
Posted 01 November 07 12:20 by Mike Volodarsky | 15 Comments
Filed under IIS7, AppCmd, Configuration
Fastest way to create IIS7 websites, applications, and application pools: IIS7 provides quite a few ways to create websites, applications, and application pools. The simplest way of course is to use the new GUI Administration tool, where your new website is always a few mouse-clicks away. But, what if you need to create 10, Read More...
Posted 06 October 07 02:00 by Mike Volodarsky | 13 Comments
Filed under IIS7, AppCmd, Configuration
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 | 9 Comments
Filed under IIS7, Tools, Goodies, Configuration
Attachment(s): iisschema.zip
Anatomy of an IIS7 configuration path: If you have worked with IIS6 and previous versions of IIS, you are most likely familiar with the IIS metabase paths. You know, the ones that look like LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT . These metabase paths serve as a mechanism to identify a part of the IIS website hierarchy, Read More...
Posted 21 July 07 07:42 by Mike Volodarsky | 19 Comments
Filed under IIS7, AppCmd, Configuration

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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

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