IIS Application Request Routing is Selected Winner in the Best in Load Balancing Category IIS URL Rewriter is Selected Winner in the Best in URL Filtering Category If you like blue ribbon-winning chocolate chip cookies, send me some. If you like award winning technologies that can help your business stand out in the crowd, read Read more
As many of you know, Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate (RC) is made available today to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, with broader availability from Microsoft.com on May 5th. As our final broad test milestone before RTM, this really is the best chance for you to download Windows Server 2008 R2 and put it through Read more
IIS Application Request Routing is Selected Winner in the Load Balancing Solution Category IIS URL Scan 3.1 is Selected Winner in the Web Filtering Solution Category Even though I stopped receiving sports trophies long ago, it still feels nice to win an award. And what better technology to receive a couple of awards then IIS? Read more
Below is a new Microsoft video about a company called Exostar. Using Windows Server Active Directory Federation Services, Certificate Server, and Forefront Security, Exostar enables global aerospace companies, such as BAE Systems, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Rolls-Royce, to securely collaborate via hosted SharePoint Server 2007. This is a good example of what we are calling “Business Ready Security.” Read more
They say that what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, but there’s no way we can keep to ourselves what was announced this morning here at MIX09. At our annual conference for Web developers and designers, Corporate VP Scott Guthrie, who runs our .NET Developer Platform group, unveiled a host of new releases and technologies Read more
You read that right. All MIX09 attendees will receive a fully functional copy (the real deal) of Windows Web Server 2008 at no cost. That’s nearly a $500 value! Windows Web Server 2008 is a robust and reliable foundation on which to develop, deliver, and manage rich user experiences and applications. Designed to be used Read more
The old IIS Extensions train keeps on rollin’. Last month we hit RTW with the Web Platform Installer V1.0 (Why do we call it V1.0? Just wait until you see V2.0) and as you know, Web PI is the one-stop shop for discovering, downloading and installing the various components of the Microsoft Web Platform, be Read more
Do you remember the tale of the Windows Server 2008 “Lone Server”? Maybe it was read to you as a bedtime story as a change from “Mommy, Why Is There a Server in the House?” There he was, this poor Windows Server 2003 server, all alone in a server farm of Windows Server 2008 machines. Read more
After months of hard work, the IIS development team has put together a brand new technical reference on IIS 7.0 configuration. This vast library comprehensively details all IIS 7.0 configuration settings in Windows Server 2008, including configuration collections, elements, and attributes. You can sort the configuration settings alphabetically to easily find what you are looking Read more
Microsofties are often described as “work hard, play hard” types, and that can be no truer than when applied to the IIS team. Over the last few weeks, we have been out in force to deliver the good word about IIS 7.0 and IIS Extensions at conferences and gatherings around the globe, including TechEd Hong Read more
Very recently, we announced the availability of the Microsoft Web Platform Installer (Web PI) in Beta. If you remember, this is a tool that allows you to obtain and install Web server components, development tools and database technologies to implement an integrated Web platform for your development or hosting environment, and that provides end-to-end functionality Read more
If you visited the new Microsoft Web Platform site yesterday, you would have noticed that we’ve performed a radical overhaul of the site, with a fresh new look and articles and media content aggregated from popular external and Microsoft sites. This new portal offers a central location for Web professionals to learn about the various Read more
