Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0

Windows Server 2008, with Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0, provides a security-enhanced, easy-to-manage platform for developing and reliably hosting Web applications and services. By providing more control, more choice, more reliability, and more security, organizations can ensure their Web platforms are available whenever and wherever they are needed.

Learn how the specific scenarios, enhancements, and features can help you.

More Control

Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 presents simplified, distributed management through a set of customizable administration tools with easier application deployment for developers. The new administration console, IIS 7.0 Manager, provides an extensible integrated view of managing Web and FTP sites on the Web server both locally and through remote administration. Database Manager allows you to easily manage your databases within the IIS 7.0 Manager. The Windows PowerShell Provider for IIS 7.0 easily automates routine and complex administration tasks such as creating Web sites and enabling failed request tracing. The AppCmd consolidated utility is used for efficiently accessing IIS 7.0 configuration through the command line. IIS 7.0 allows configuration and management of Web infrastructures from one place, creating one configuration file used to set configuration settings for multiple servers. Site configuration management and publishing can now be delegated with distributed configuration enabling those who host or administer Web sites to delegate site-level administrative control to developers or content owners. The Web Deployment Tool enables you to package configuration and content of your installed Web applications, including SQL databases, and use the packages for storage or redeployment.

More Choice

More Choice Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 introduces a flexible platform with enhanced support for multiple application development platforms and media content delivery. The new modular architecture makes it easy to add, remove, and replace any built-in module or third-party module. Server Core omits graphical services and most libraries in favor of a streamlined, command-line driven system. Bit Rate Throttling controls the speed of delivery for files. Powerful customization features in Web Playlists allow you to insert advertisement media and dynamically determine content downloaded. The Web Platform Installer provides a single package for installing and configuring Microsoft's entire Web Platform. The Web Application Installer is designed to help get you up and running with the most widely used Web Applications. With FastCGI support, CGI and FastCGI-based Web applications, including PHP applications, run faster while maintaining stability. Native and managed code requests are processed by default through a new integrated pipeline, allowing different application frameworks to run within a single Web server request pipeline.

More Reliable

More Reliable Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 offers increased availability through dynamic request handling, improved caching, and powerful troubleshooting tools. URL Rewriter for IIS 7.0 enables administrators to create powerful rules to implement easy to remember URLs for Web pages, improve search results by making site URLs search engine-friendly, map static URLs, and enforce a consistent host name for a site. Integrated HTTP-based load balancing and routing come to life with Application Request Routing (ARR), enabling hosting providers and Web server administrators to increase application and server availability by providing proxy-based routing functionality for incoming HTTP requests. High-speed dynamic caching and compression in IIS 7.0 includes performance improvements; powerful compression for dynamic and static content, output caching, and SSL and Windows authentication in kernel mode, including kernel mode and user mode caching support for all types of dynamic content. The new custom errors module allows for detailed error information about the current requests, what potential conditions may have caused the error, or even suggestions about how to fix the issue displayed to the local Web server. The new failed request tracing feature lets you record detailed diagnostic information for failed requests based on rules you define.

More Secure

Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 provides improved security and server protection through reduced server footprint, enhanced publishing, and request filtering capabilities. IIS 7.0 has been redesigned to incorporate a modular architecture to customize Web servers by selectively installing or removing modules, reducing the attack surface. To further limit security exposure, a minimal environment with the Server Core installation option of Windows Server 2008 is available. Automatic website sandboxing offers greater application isolation, giving worker processes a unique identity and default sandboxed configuration. Content may be published securely through FTP and WebDAV offering enhanced integration and authorization. URL Scan 3.0 and Request Filtering help protect servers from malicious requests increasing Web server security with multiple filtering options, including blocking specific HTTP requests helping to prevent potentially harmful requests from reaching applications on the server. URL Rewriter for IIS 7.0 enables dynamic modification of URLs based on rules defined by the site administrator by using rule templates, rewrite maps, and other functionality integrated into IIS Manager. URL authorization rules can be stored in an application's web.config file, so authorization rules follow the content, even if the content is moved to a different server.

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