So what is Appcmd.exe? This is "one" command line tool to administer IIS7. In IIS6 several of admin task were done using several scattered VBS script files. This made it difficult to find out what script needs to be run for eg. to get list of worker...

I'm super excited to add this post to announce the release of IIS Community Portal - www.iis.net . To tell you, I've been waiting for it to be public so that I can blog about the site and open up on IIS7 features, tips & tricks. You might think...

Loads of IIS7 related stuff... DebugDiag : Introduction DebugDiag : Troubleshooting Process Crash DebugDiag : Troubleshooting Process Hang DebugDiag : Troubleshooting High Memory/Memory Leak Windbg Basics (Windows Debugging Tool) ...

Here is a glimpse of the new IIS7 UI from my Vista Ultimate Edition. Just keep in mind that there might be changes happening before the release and might look different. Again this is Vista (which means client version) and not the Server version. Click...

Before the boom of web and internet, HTTP was not so common is everyday life. When internet became more and more widely used, HTTP also grew in usage. Basic web server serves static HTML type contents and then was the era in which there came several...

Let us see how HTTP is extended to do more than serving static content. When we talk about Windows Platform & HTTP, Microsoft product which comes to the picture is IIS. In the early days (and early versions of IIS) HTTP was primarily used for...

Most of my interactions in the past with customers, web developers and some of my prior colleagues, I have found that a larger percentage of them don't have a good understanding of how HTTP protocol works. This could be due to various reasons; some of...