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IIS7 – Configuring iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication using appcmd

As you know there is no UI to configure iisClientCertificateMappingAuthentication in IIS7, it takes a little more time to configure the site for the same. Here is an article in the iis.net site which explains the steps one by one. Configuring One-to-One
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Configuring IIS to advise the browser render on different IE modes

You would have already read IIS support team’s blog about configuring IIS to send an additional header to the client which would make IE to run under EmulateIE7 mode. I would also suggest you to read this MSDN article which talks about the various IE8
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IIS7 – Viewing ISAPI Filters that are loaded inside the worker process

In IIS6 manager, you see a green arrow icon and a red icon against the ISAPI Filter’s list to indicate if the ISAPI Filter is loaded or not. That was possible because FilterStatus metabase key was updated after the ISAPI Filter is loaded inside the process.
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IIS7 – How to set up logging to a remote UNC share?

First of all, let me tell you that there isn’t much changes to the logging done to IIS 7.0 compared to IIS 6.0. Logging still happens through Http.Sys, and you can configure the logging directory (of FREB log directory) to be a UNC share. There are a
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IIS7 – Enabling Custom Error Pages

As the title sounds, here I’m going to discuss a very simple feature of IIS7 which has one additional step to keep in mind compared to that you do in the previous versions of IIS (5, 5.1, 6). Let’s take an example of configuring a redirect for a page
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How to configure IIS 7.0 for ODBC logging?

If you select Log File format as “Custom” in the IIS manager, it doesn’t give you options to configure ODBC logging in the UI. Instead, it just gives you an alert saying it cannot be configured through IIS manager which you already know. But, in the previous
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IIS7 - making Forms Authentication to work for all the requests

If you were following all the news about IIS7, you would have heard that you can now plug-in ASP.NET Forms Authentication in the main integrated pipeline. Few of my colleagues, other friends tried doing this and claimed that it didn't work as expected.
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IIS7 - Running 32-bit and 64-bit ASP.NET versions at the same time on different worker processes

In IIS6, this was a pain area. On a 64-bit Windows 2003 Server, you cannot run worker processes in both 32-bit mode and as well as 64 bit mode. Either only one of them was possible. This was possible by the below Metabase Key which would be applied to
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IIS7 - FTP7 - Supporting Virtual Host names - Extended logging

As you all know that the brand new FTP7 server now supports adding multiple host names. This is similar to that of adding host headers to the web sites, but as name indicates, these Virtual Host names are Virtual. The new FTP7 server which is available
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IIS7 : HOW TO enable content expiration?

In IIS6, it was with the website properties --> HTTP Headers. Here in IIS7, you can do this on the "HTTP Response Headers" feature on the website. Select the website in the Connections pane. Double click on the "HTTP Response Headers" feature in the
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IIS7 : HOW TO add FTP Site publishing?

The brand new FTP server shipping with Windows 2008 Server looks pretty cool. It has added SSL support. Do not confuse this with SFTP (FTP over SSH). It also includes FTP Publishing. To publish your site, you need to add a new binding for the FTP protocol
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IIS7 : HOW TO force a website to use SSL?

I have written about how to configure a website for HTTPS here . In this post, I will explain how to force HTTPS for any website. 1. Open IIS7 Manager UI. 2. Expand the Web Sites in the Connections pane and select the Web site. 3. In the Features View,
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IIS7 : HOW TO enable the detailed error messages for the website while browsed from for the client browsers?

In IIS 7, you can control the detailed error messages being sent to the clients. By default, the detailed error messages can be viewed only by browsing the site from the server itself. But, this is dangerous because Detailed errors may contain about the
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IIS7 : HOW TO configure a website for HTTPS?

I will be discussing about configuring HTTPS for a website on IIS 7. The UI of the IIS manager in IIS 7 is completely different from that of IIS 6. Initially it will look as if you are going to use a brand new product which you are trying for the first
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IIS7 : HOW TO configure the default document of the website in its web.config?

In my previous post, I talked about a new feature in IIS 7 which allows the website developers (or owners) to change the default website themselves without engaging the administrator again and again. In this post, I am going to explain how to do that?
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