TheJoyOfCode.com guys have posted a great blog entry which demonstrates the power of IIS7's integrated pipeline , and provides a useful new feature for Web developers on IIS7. Last February, they wrote an ASP.NET module that could dynamically validate markup generated by your ASPX pages for valid XHTML...

Do you like file icons? I do. They make it pretty easy to visually digest file lists in Windows, when you open a file system folder with explorer. Displaying icons in your web application can also be pretty compelling (for example, to spruce up that boring directory listing page, or visually represent...

What's your most popular web page? I assume it is the default document of your web site, for example if a client requests www.mysite.com IIS would execute www.mysite.com/default.htm . Your default document list is easy to query: C:\>%systemdrive%\inetpub\adminscripts\adsutil get w3svc\defaultdoc Microsoft...

I'm really excited to announce that DownloadCENTER is now live and kicking on IIS.net. Simply click " Downloads " on the IIS.NET site and enjoy our latest addition. DownloadCENTER is a community hotspot for discovering, sharing, reviewing and promoting IIS-related solutions in a single place. What better...

It's no secret that there is no way to configure logging settings in IIS7/Vista. A PM convinced me that configuring "logging" settings on a "Developer" machine simply isn't interesting - and "if they want to do it, they can always use config". But, I have two pieces of good news for those seeking the...

Since the original tech preview release of FastCGI last year, we've been seeing a lot of requests for getting Ruby on Rails running with our FastCGI. So, for FastCGI Tech Preview 2, I spent some time researching what it would take to enable Ruby on Rails, resulting in "experimental" RoR support in the...

Introduction I recently delivered a webcast on Getting Started with IIS 7.0 aimed at educating newbies on IIS7 and bring them up to speed with what they have in front of them, and why it is so important that they do it! Reviewing the top reasons to upgrade in 60 minutes or less is like asking a Porsche...

For many, the first question asked when a new version of IIS is released - what is known not to work? In a recent webcast, I discussed what the known issues were for IIS 7.0 vs. IIS 6.0 and how to workaround. The functionality often still works but differently because of the fundamental changes in the...

In a recent webcast, I talked about how nice it is to have a componentize Web server. It is more important for IT Professionals because nothing is more frustrating than having to patch, patch, and do more patching. When our server, hopefully soon after Longhorn Server, gets true componentization of the...

The 50,000 foot view often isn't what you are looking for especially when you can't see the topic and\or features in action. Instead, often you are only interested in seeing the functionality working and in action so that you can make sense out of it. I recently took time during the IIS Webcast Series...