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IIS SEO Toolkit – Report Comparison

2009-11-11T00:09:00Z

One of my favorites features in the IIS Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Toolkit is what we called Report Comparison. Report Comparison basically allows you to compare two different versions of the results of crawling the same site to see what changed in between. This is a really convenient way to track not only changes in terms of SEO violations but also to be able to compare any attributes on the pages such as Title, Heading, Description, Links, Violations, etc. How to access the feature There...(read more)

IIS Documentation Updates on PHP.NET

2009-11-10T19:18:44Z

PHP.NET web site is known for its well written and very detailed documentation. The excellent content together with tons of user contributed notes has made the PHP.NET the primary place for getting the help on all PHP related questions. However there was one thing in the PHP docs that was still not up-to-date. The Windows and IIS-specific installation and configuration sections did not cover the latest changes in Windows, such as IIS 7 and FastCGI. Now I am glad to let everyone know that this part...(read more)

Using ARR config extensibility to gracefully stop server

2009-11-09T21:48:00Z

Now that Application Request Router v2 is out and I have a bit more time for other stuff, I thought I would write about the config extensibility offered by ARR. The below example applies for both v1 and v2. Note that using AHAdmin via JScript is the config interface I am most familiar with, but you can easily convert this sample to either PowerShell or MWA. The below first issues a graceful stop to the server using a dynamic method and then monitors the number of outstanding requests, waiting until...(read more)

Download a powerful load balancer and caching solution free on Windows Server 2008 or later with Application Request Routing (ARR) 2.0

2009-11-09T19:01:08Z

I am very pleased to announce the final release of Application Request Routing (ARR) 2.0 , which provides a powerful load balancer and caching solution for free download onto Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2. As with all the IIS Web server extensions, ARR is built by the same engineering team that brings you the IIS Web server, fully supported by Microsoft Customer Support, and will soon be localized in French, Spanish, Russian, Korean, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Spanish...(read more)

URL Rewrite Module v2 – Release Candidate

2009-11-09T18:42:00Z

The URL Rewrite Module 2.0 – Release Candidate is available for download . The release contains functionality and stability improvements and it is believed to have a quality level suitable for production deployments. Overview Microsoft URL Rewrite Module 2.0 for IIS 7 is an incremental release that includes all the features from version 1.1 , and adds support for outbound response headers and content rewriting. More specifically, it can be used to: Replace the URLs generated by a web application...(read more)

Announcing the RTW release of Application Request Routing V2 for IIS7.0

2009-11-09T16:37:47Z

Today we did the official release for ARR Version 2 for IIS7 and it is now fully supported by Microsoft Support . Overview: Microsoft Application Request Routing (ARR) for IIS 7.0 is a proxy-based routing module that forwards HTTP requests to application servers based on HTTP headers, server variables, and load balance algorithms. ARR Version 2 is an incremental release that includes all of the features from Version 1, and adds support for disk-based cache. More specifically, ARR Version...(read more)

Increase Web Application Scalability and Reliability with ARR 2.0 RTW

2009-11-09T14:30:00Z

Today, Microsoft announced the final release of IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) 2.0 RTW . Customers - such as hosting providers, Content Delivery Network (CDN) providers, and IT Professionals are changing the way they do business as a result of ARR 2.0. ARR 2.0 delivers cost savings, elastic scalability, and flexible deployment options. With IIS 7.5 and ARR 2.0, customers can create a native Silverlight infrastructure and configure their CDN so that it provides superior live and on-demand media...(read more)

Enabling WINCACHE on per site basis

2009-11-08T19:33:55Z

With WINCACHE 1.0 RC one can configure parts of WINCACHE solution on a per site basis. As you know WINCACHE has two kinds of cache namely output code cache and file cache. With RC release, you have the ability to turn output code cache on a per site basis. We have got a new WINCACHE directive named WINCACHE.OCENABLEDFILTER which can be used to enable/disable output code cache on a per site basis. This INI directive can take a string which is list of comma separated numbers. Each number in the...(read more)

Presenting at ASP.NET Connections in Las Vegas

2009-11-08T01:49:50Z

Next week I will be presenting at the ASP.NET Connections event in Las Vegas the following topics: AMS04: Boost Your Site’s Search Ranking with the IIS Search Engine Optimization Toolkit : Search engines are just robots, and you have to play by their rules if you want to see your site in the top search results. In this session, you will learn how to leverage the IIS Search Engine Optimizer and other tools to improve your Web site for search engine and user traffic. You will leave this session with...(read more)

Configuring FTP 7.5 with Host Header and SSL

2009-11-06T00:04:00Z

FTP 7.5 comes with new features like supporting Host headers (Virtual host) and SSL. For compatibility purposes, FTP clients can check whether the FTP server supports host headers by sending a FEAT command to check for supported features. An FTP server would respond with HOST being one of the extended features supported by it and from here on client can use this feature. There are two ways of using this feature currently by the FTP clients: 1. They can send the virtual host name along with the Username...(read more)

Web PI Options Dialog

2009-11-04T22:16:34Z

As many of you already know, version 2 RTW of Web Platform Installer released in September. So what’s new in this version since RC that was released in March? First of all, Web PI now caches downloaded installers. Second of all, Web PI now supports 9 additional languages – German, French, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Traditional and Simplified Chinese. This language support extends to both displaying Web PI UI in the language of the current OS locale and installing a product...(read more)

Using IIS Manager accounts for Web Deployment Tool (msdeploy) delegation

2009-11-04T20:04:00Z

This blog outlines the basic steps for setting up IIS Manager accounts so that they may be used for Web Deployment Tool delegation. Most of the steps particular to using IIS Manager users for delegation are required for connecting remotely using the Windows Management service, so if there are already accounts set up for remote management, that work has already been done. The following steps will allow IIS Manager accounts to be used for management service delegation. Step-by-step instructions with...(read more)

Tip#99: Did you know… You can now install new Media and Developer Tools products with Web PI v2 RTW?

2009-11-03T18:03:58Z

RTW version 2 of Web PI, which shipped in September, now offers additional products through Media and Developer Tools scenarios through the new Options Dialog. You can include products from these scenarios from the Options dialog: and check the corresponding checkboxes: Katerina Rohonyan SDET | IIS Team...( read more ) Read More......(read more)

MSDeploy API Scenarios

2009-11-03T00:57:00Z

This C# code given below will demonstrate how the MSDeploy API can accomplish some common scenarios that users may want to perform. The following examples are documented below in no particular order: I. Server Sync IIS6.0 to IIS6.0 with ‘whatif’,deleting allowed and no content II. Sync with tracing ( verbose is demonstrated ) III. Skip directive usage IV. Replace Rule + Skip Rule ( using skipAction ) usage V. Sync a site from iis7 to Hostable web core ( iis7 ) VI. SetAcl on a directory ( setting...(read more)

Running PHP displays the code itself

2009-11-01T20:31:31Z

At times we get posting on the forum where user complain that when they are running a PHP file, the output is the file itself. This means that the script was not recognized as a PHP script and rather it was treated as plain text by the browser. There are two reasons why you can run into this situation to my knowledge. If you are using short tags for writing PHP script like <? echo 'Hello World' ?>, you should ensure that you have short_open_tag INI directive set to '1' in your...(read more)