Microsoft has released a web server edition of Windows Server 2008, called Windows Web Server 2008. This is a great product and the new version has fewer limitations than on Windows 2003. The memory limit has been increased (now 32GB on x64) and it’s now possible to install some applications on it, needed for web … Read more
The team behind Microsoft.com used the Web Deployment Tool for migrations from IIS 6.0 to IIS 7.0. Now they have released a whitepaper describing their experience. Here the Whitepaper: “Migrating a Web Server from IIS 6.0 to IIS 7.0 by Using the Microsoft Web Deployment Tool“.
Microsoft has released a Technical Preview 1 of the PowerShell Provider for IIS 7.0. The new provider is a snap-in that allows you to manage IIS 7.0 configuration. The IIS7 PowerShell Provider allows you to Create Web-Sites, Web Applications, Virtual Directories and Application Pools Change Simple Configuration Properties on Web-Sites, Application Pools, Web Applications and … Read more
Another great tool has been released. The IIS 7.0 Trace Viewer is an add-on for the Failed Request Tracing (FRT) feature of IIS 7.0. In FRT you are able to troubleshoot and do tracing. This tool provides a GUI interface for all those FRT logfiles. IIS7 Trace Viewer Features Trace View icon per site. Automatically … Read more
Microsoft just keeps releasing modules for IIS 7.0. A few weeks ago the WebDAV module for IIS 7.0 was released. The new WebDAV module comes with new features: Integration with IIS 7.0: The new WebDAV extension module is fully integrated with the new IIS 7.0 administration interface and configuration store. Per-site Configuration: WebDAV can be … Read more