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IIS SEO Toolkit – Report Comparison

The Official Microsoft IIS Site — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:09:00 GMT

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 ) Read More......(read more)

IIS Documentation Updates on PHP.NET

The Official Microsoft IIS Site — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:18:44 GMT

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 ) Read More......(read more)

Using ARR config extensibility to gracefully stop server

The Official Microsoft IIS Site — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:48:00 GMT

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 it falls to 0 and deletes the server from configuration at that point. If the number of active sessions rather than requests is what you look at (for apps with persistent sessions) for removing your servers from rotation, you can change state to “Drain” and then using performance counters to obtain outstanding session information from the remote server and using that to decide when to remove the server from rotation. For other dynamic methods/properties provided by ARR, look at the schema at...(read more)

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

The Official Microsoft IIS Site — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:01:08 GMT

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, German, and Japanese. ARR only installs on IIS 7.x, which means Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2. ARR can be used to load balance requests to Windows Server 2003 and even other types of servers like Java in a Web farm but ARR itself has to be installed on a Windows Server 2008 or later server. Once you download ARR (use Web Platform Installer for an easy install), you will see a new node called “Server Farms” appear in the left tree-view of our IIS Manager administration console...(read more)

URL Rewrite Module v2 – Release Candidate

The Official Microsoft IIS Site — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:42:00 GMT

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 ) Read More......(read more)

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

The Official Microsoft IIS Site — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:37:47 GMT

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 2 can be used to: Enhance ARR Version 1 scenarios with disk cache. Use ARR as a cache proxy as a cache node in a CDN/ECN environment . Use ARR as an edge/child cache node. Use ARR as a parent cache node. Download ARRv2 RTW from: • Microsoft Application Request Routing Version 2 RTW for IIS 7.0 (x86) here . • Microsoft Application Request Routing Version 2 RTW for IIS 7.0 (x64) here . What’s new in RTW: RSCA runtime statistics as performance counters . Users of Application...(read more)

Increase Web Application Scalability and Reliability with ARR 2.0 RTW

The Official Microsoft IIS Site — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:30:00 GMT

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 ) Read More......(read more)

Enabling WINCACHE on per site basis

The Official Microsoft IIS Site — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:33:55 GMT

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 string represents a valid site id which is a unique identity IIS gives to each Web Site when the site gets created. All the site id included as part of this string will actually toggle the value of WINCACHE.ocenabled while running WINCACHE functionality. Example, if you have below in your PHP INI file: wincache.ocenabled=1 wincache.ocenabledfilter="2,3" This means for site having id 2 or 3, WINCACHE output code cache will be disabled and for all other site id, it will be enabled. So...(read more)

Presenting at ASP.NET Connections in Las Vegas

The Official Microsoft IIS Site — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:49:50 GMT

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 ) Read More......(read more)

Configuring FTP 7.5 with Host Header and SSL

The Official Microsoft IIS Site — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:04:00 GMT

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 ) Read More......(read more)

Web PI Options Dialog

The Official Microsoft IIS Site — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:16:34 GMT

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 (if available) in the language specified by the user. Finally, the last biggest feature of RTW is extensibility. All the new features are surfaced through the Options dialog, which is also new in RTW. Here is a list of new features surfaced through the dialog: Additional scenarios Extensibility installing custom products installing custom applications Localization Installer caching Some of these features are rather too big to include them in one article and are described separately through...(read more)

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

The Official Microsoft IIS Site — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:04:00 GMT

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 screen shots may be found for steps 1 through 4 on this page, with their section title added in parenthesis : http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/159/configuring-remote-administration-and-feature-delegation-in-iis-70/ 1. Make sure that Windows Management Service is installed ( Configuring Remote Connections in IIS Manager ) 2. Enable remote connections for IIS users ( Enable Remote Connections and Configure Identity Credentials ) The previous steps only need to be performed once, however the following...(read more)

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

The Official Microsoft IIS Site — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:03:58 GMT

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

The Official Microsoft IIS Site — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:57:00 GMT

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 provider settings ) If you would like other examples posted or have a request please post below and it could be submitted in the future. I. Server Sync IIS6.0 to IIS6.0 with ‘whatif’,deleting allowed and no content – Setup a server with no content, just the settings and configuration moving from one IIS6.0 box to another IIS6.0 box allowing deletion msdeploy –verb:sync –source:metakey,computername=computer,username=user,password=password –whatif –disableLink:ContentExtension –disableRule:DoNotDeleteRule...(read more)

Running PHP displays the code itself

The Official Microsoft IIS Site — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:31:31 GMT

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 PHP INI file. If this is not the case the script will not be treated as PHP script. I would prefer PHP script like <?php echo 'Hello World' ?>. This is more clear and avoids confusion. Another reason for running into this situation can be if the PHP file is not saved as ASCII/ANSI. Saving the PHP script in UNICODE/Multi-byte format will again fail the script to be recognized as PHP script. Always save the PHP script as plain text file to avoid running into this situation. Hopefully...(read more)