Together with the public beta release of Windows 7 a few weeks ago, Microsoft has announced information about IIS 7.5, which will be the IIS version in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
The main current IIS 7 improvements in Windows Server 2008 R2 beta are:
- Integration of Content Publishing Extensions (FTP, WebDav) into the Windows Server OS
- Integration of Administration Pack Extension into the Windows Server OS
- Rich Application Hosting on Server Core (ASP.NET support)
- Improvements to FastCGI Support
- IIS Core Changes
- IIS Best Practice Analyzer
For at full list of improvements see: