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Microsoft has an articles on MSDN which describes how to use WMI to
configure IIS:

Read the article at source: Using WMI to Configure IIS

Several blogs has already posted either slides or videos from PDC 2005, which was held last week in L.A.
Interesting in seeing what was annonced at the PDC 2005.

See some of the Office 12, SharePoint v3 slides at
Stramit’s SharePoint Blog – [PDC] Office 12, SharePoint v3 slides

And some videos from the PDC at Mikael Söderström’s blog – Amazing PDC videos.

Google has enhanced their search with a dedicated blog search engine.
Ever been looking for something that you saw in a blog somewhere…

It’s still in the beta phase, but it looks really good so far:
http://blogsearch.google.com

Try searching for all posts on my website IIS Digest:
http://blogsearch.google.com/?hl=en&q=IIS+Digest

I known this isn’t a new product, but I can highly recommend this great ISAPI filter by Troxo, which enables the use of .htaccess files in IIS.

- And best of all this great product is for free.
IISPassword is free for private, educational and commercial use.

IIS password protection of files and folders has always been dificult. IISPassword brings the ease and power of Apache’s htaccess to Microsoft IIS. No longer is there a need for system user accounts and complex access permissions for maintaining a secure, password protected web site.

IISPassword uses Basic HTTP Authentication for password protecting web sites on IIS, just like htaccess works on Apache. That makes your password protected Apache web site compatible with IIS, and vice versa.

A powerful and intuitive interface makes it possible to password protect a web site in just moments. More advanced settings provide options such as user group management and protection of certain file types.

Main Features:
* Easy installation – IISPassword is installed with an easy setup program.

* Easy administration – IISPassword integrates with IIS, creating a new tab in the management console. Protecting a web site is very easy. Select the site or folder to protect, then a username and a password. That’s all there is to it. The advanced mode enables user groups and protection of certain file types.

* High performance – IISPassword has been tested in a live environment with heavy traffic, generating practically no extra CPU load on the web servers.

* Compatibility with htaccess – IISPassword makes password protected Apache web sites compatible with IIS, and vice versa.

* Command line administration – IISPassword can be administrated through a command line interface, allowing automatic administration based on scripts or applications.

Components:
* ISAPI filter – IISPassword is an ISAPI filter. This makes IISPassword a secure application with low performance costs.

* IIS Snap-In – IISPassword is seamlessly integrated into the IIS management console, making password protection an easy task.

* Command line tool – IISPassword also provides a command line interface for scripts or applications. This makes it possible to migrate IISPassword into existing control panel systems.

For product details: IIS Password and direct link to Download page.

Ever wondered if IIS 7 will be available on Windows Server 2003, that’s just one of the questions, that Chris Adams and the IIS Team has answered about IIS 7 on PDC this week.

Read all the questions – and answers at Chris Adams blog: End: PDC 2005 – The IIS 7.0 ‘comin out party!.

Just recieved a newsletter from Troxo about their latest product IISGuard. The product looks quite interesting, it’s able to monitor, log and analyze requests in real-time in IIS.
It makes it easier to find the sites, apppools and scripts that are causing problems.

These are some of the problems that IISGuard can help you find in the IIS:

* High CPU load or memory consumption.
* Denial of Service attacks.
* Attacks by worms and viruses.

Read all about the product here and download the beta.

I haven’t been able to test the application myself – not yet anyway, but it looks interesting

Stumbled across a weblog which listed some of the new features that will be apart of upcoming SharePoint V 3.0.
WSS V3.0 is suppose to be scheduled for release in the last half of 2006.

Check out this great list of the upcoming WSS 3.0 features at Dean’s weblog: The Dean’s Office – SharePoint “V3.0″ Features

It looks really interesting – can’t hardly wait

Chris Adams has posted a great article which explains how to use Log Parser for IIS data mining.

His Log Parser scripts covers:
* Page Hits Per Hour
* Refer Broken Links
* Grep W3SVC Events
* Hit Spread

And he referres to the WebCast about IIS Data mining with Log Parser 2.x were the scripts first was mentioned.

Read the article and the scripts at his blog: Log Parser scripts (Part I) used in webcasts in IIS Webcast Series
or see the WebCast: TechNet Webcast: IIS Data Mining with Log Parser 2.X – Level 300