IIS 7 - Come for the features, stay for the performance
eek! It is always great to see measurable performance improvements from new technology. IIS 7 doesn't disappoint and the Microsoft.com Operations team has a great new blog post:
IIS 7.0/W2K8 RTM is over 10% more efficient then IIS 6.0/WS03 SP2 in handling live web platform traffic for the www.microsoft.com site.
If you consider the volume of traffic, that 10% is a HUGE multiplier :)
As far as features, I found this blog entry from Bill Staples (the big kahuna for IIS 7) very educational. He lists all the ways to get the new features of IIS 7 - now that the modular architecture allows the team to ship components "out of band". This is a nice summary post on the cool things enabled by IIS 7.
Ever wonder what CTP means? Bill spills the beans...
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