World IPv6 Day and IIS 7 

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Wednesday June 8 2011 is World IPv6 Day and there will be plenty of representation by IIS7 on the Windows Server side. From Microsoft we will have participation in this event by Microsoft.com, Bing.com and Xbox.com; all of which run IIS7 web servers on their front end. Using IPv6 with IIS7 is trivial and intuitive, Read more

Increase Web Application Scalability and Reliability with ARR 2.0 RTW 

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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 Read more

Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 eBook Available as Free Download 

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Thanks much to the Microsoft Learning and MS Press folks for such a fantastic giveaway. I remember getting the pre-cursor for this book, Introducing Microsoft Windows Server 2008, before I joined Microsoft and it was a huge help in getting grounded with the then-new OS. Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 is a deep-dive work, that’ll get you Read more

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When to expect Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM 

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We have received many requests from our customers and partners on when they will be able to get their hands on RTM code of Windows Server 2008 R2. As the Windows Server Operations Manager, I wanted to provide a broad timeline on when different groups of customers and partners will get the final RTM code. For Read more

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Windows Server 2008 R2 Reaches the RTM Milestone! 

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The acronym stands for Release to Manufacturing, and it means this latest release of Windows Server 2008 R2 is now blessed by engineering as ready for the manufacturing process. We’re talking final code. Sun shining, birds singing, children dancing in the streets. With evaluation software available for download in the first half of August and Read more

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Download the New IIS SEO Toolkit Beta 

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Download the New IIS SEO Toolkit Beta   Do you ever wonder what it would be like to tirelessly explore the Internet as a search engine crawler? What would you find? Would the sites you meet help you or are you on your own? Would the sites tell you where important information lives or must Read more

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