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WebDAV Extension for Windows Server 2008 RTM is released!

robert_mcmurray — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:45:00 GMT

Earlier today the Microsoft released the RTM version of the new Microsoft WebDAV Extension for IIS 7.0 for Windows Server 2008!

Listed below are the links for the download pages for each of the individual installation packages:

32-bit Installation Package:
- WebDAV (x86) Extension Module for IIS 7.0
64-bit Installation Package:
- WebDAV (x64) Extension Module for IIS 7.0

We've loaded this version with many great new features such as:

Integration with IIS 7.0:
- The new WebDAV extension module is fully integrated with the new IIS 7.0 administration interface and configuration store.
Per-site Configuration:
- WebDAV can be enabled and configured at the site-level on IIS 7.0, which differed from IIS 6.0 where WebDAV was enabled at the server-level through a Web Service Extension.
Per-URL Security:
- WebDAV-specific security is implemented through WebDAV authoring rules that are configured on a per-URL basis.

Additional information about new features in the WebDAV extension is available in the "What’s New for Microsoft and WebDAV?" topic on Microsoft's http://learn.iis.net/ web site.

To help you get started using the new WebDAV extension, the following walkthroughs have been published on the http://learn.iis.net/ web site:

Getting Started:
Advanced Administrative Features:

Here are a couple of screenshots of the new WebDAV UI in action:

The following prerequisites are required to install the new WebDAV extension:

You must be using Windows Server 2008.
Internet Information Services 7.0 must be installed.
If you are going to manage the new WebDAV extension using the IIS 7.0 user interface, the administration tool will need to be installed.
You must install the new WebDAV extension as an administrator.
IIS 7.0 supports a new shared configuration environment, which must be disabled on each server in a web farm before installing the new WebDAV extension for each node. Note: Shared configuration can be re-enabled after the WebDAV extension had been installed.

Feedback about the WebDAV extension and requests for information can be posted to the following web forum:

IIS7 Publishing Forum: http://forums.iis.net/1045.aspx

I would be remiss if I did not mention that special thanks go to:

Keith – for building it
Eok, Sriram, Ciprian, Dave – for testing it
Gurpreet, Brian, Carlos, Reagan – for making it look pretty
Wade, Ulad, Nazim – for stretching it

We've had a great time working on this project - thanks again to everyone that provided feedback to us throughout all of our technical previews!

Thanks!

FTP7 for Windows Server 2008 RTM is released!

robert_mcmurray — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:52:00 GMT

Earlier today Microsoft released the RTM version of the Microsoft FTP Service for IIS 7.0 for Windows Server 2008!

Listed below are the links for the download pages for each of the individual installation packages:

FTP 7 (x86) Installation Package
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=87847
FTP 7 (x64) Installation Package
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=89114

I've added this feature list in some of my past postings, but I’m going to repost that here because it sums up nicely what the new FTP service has to offer:

This new FTP service incorporates many new features that enable web authors to publish content better than before, and offers web administrators more security and deployment options.

Integration with IIS 7.0: IIS 7.0 has a brand-new administration interface and configuration store, and the new FTP service is tightly integrated with this new design. The old IIS 6 metabase is gone, and a new configuration store that is based on the .NET XML-based *.config format has taken its place. In addition, IIS 7.0 has a new administration tool, and the new FTP service plugs seamlessly into that paradigm.

Support for new Internet standards: One of the most significant features in the new FTP service is support for FTP over SSL. The new FTP service also supports other Internet improvements such as UTF8 and IPv6.

Shared hosting improvements: By fully integrating into IIS 7.0, the new FTP service makes it possible to host FTP and Web content from the same site by simply adding an FTP binding to an existing Web site. In addition, the FTP service now has virtual host name support, making it possible to host multiple FTP sites on the same IP address. The new FTP service also has improved user isolation, now making it possible to isolate users through per-user virtual directories.

Improved logging support: FTP logging has been enhanced to include all FTP-related traffic, unique tracking for FTP sessions, FTP sub-statuses, additional detail fields in FTP logs, and much more.

New supportability features: IIS 7.0 has a new option to display detailed error messages for local users, and the FTP service supports this by providing detailed error responses when logging on locally to an FTP service. The FTP service also logs detailed information using Event Tracing for Windows (ETW), which provides additional detailed information for troubleshooting.

Additional information about new features in FTP7 is available in the "What's New for Microsoft and FTP?" topic on Microsoft's http://learn.iis.net/ web site.

The following prerequisites are required to install the new FTP service:

You must be using Windows Server 2008.
Internet Information Services 7.0 must be installed.
If you are going to manage the new FTP service using the IIS 7.0 user interface, the administration tool will need to be installed.
You must install the new FTP service as an administrator.
IIS 7.0 supports a new shared configuration environment, which must be disabled on each server in a web farm before installing the new FTP service for each node. Note: Shared configuration can be re-enabled after the FTP service had been installed.
The FTP service that is shipped on the Windows Server 2008 DVD must be uninstalled before installing the new FTP service.

To help you get started using the new FTP service, the following walkthroughs have been published on the http://learn.iis.net/ web site:

Installing FTP7:
- Installing and Troubleshooting FTP7
Working with FTP Sites:
- Creating a New FTP Site
- Add FTP publishing to an existing Web site
Configuring Security Features:
Advanced Administrative Features:
- Using FSRM Folder Quotas with FTP
- Configure IIS Manager Authentication

Special thanks go to:

Jaroslav, Emily, Daniel, Umer – for building it
Suditi, Ciprian, Jeong, Dave – for testing it
Andrew, Carlos, Brian – for prettying it
Wade, Ulad, Nazim – for stretching it
Reagan, Claudia, Rick, Tim, Tobin – for documenting it

It's been a great couple of years working on this project - thanks again to eveyone that provided feedback to us throughout all of our technical previews!

FPSE 2002 RTM for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista (x86/x64)

robert_mcmurray — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:59:00 GMT

I'm happy to announce that earlier today Microsoft and Ready-to-Run Software released to web the RTM version of the FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions for IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista.

Listed below is the link for the download page for the combined 32-bit/64-bit installation package:

FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions for IIS 7.0
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=86706

FPSE 2002 for IIS 7.0 is supported on all of the the following operating systems:

Windows Server 2008
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Enterprise

Additional documentation about installing and using this version of FPSE 2002 can be found at the following URL:

Installing the FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=88546

This release version is fully supported by Ready-to-Run Software.

Feedback about this release and requests for information can be sent to fpsupport@rtr.com or posted to the following web forum:

IIS7 - Publishing:
http://forums.iis.net/1045.aspx

My thanks for all the great work by Ready-to-Run Software that helped make this release possible!

WebDAV Module for Windows Server 2008 GoLive Beta is released

robert_mcmurray — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 03:55:00 GMT

Earlier today the IIS product team released the GoLive beta version of the new WebDAV extension module for IIS 7. (This version is currently available for Windows Server 2008 only.)

Listed below are the links for the download pages for each of the individual installation packages:

32-bit Installation Package:
- WebDAV Extension Module for IIS 7.0 (x86)
64-bit Installation Package:
- WebDAV Extension Module for IIS 7.0 (x64)

We've loaded this version with many great new features such as:

Integration with IIS 7.0: The new WebDAV extension module is fully integrated with the new IIS 7.0 administration interface and configuration store.
Per-site Configuration: WebDAV can be enabled at the site-level on IIS 7.0, which differed from IIS 6.0 where WebDAV was enabled at the server-level through a Web Service Extension.
Per-URL Security: WebDAV-specific security is implemented through WebDAV authoring rules that are configured on a per-URL basis.

Here are a couple of screenshots of the new WebDAV UI in action:

Additional documentation about installing and using this version of WebDAV can be found at the following URL:

Installing and Configuring WebDAV on IIS 7.0:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=105146

While this release is a beta version and not technically supported, feedback about this release and requests for information can be posted to the following web forum:

IIS7 - Publishing:
http://forums.iis.net/1045.aspx

I would be remiss if I did not mention that special thanks go to:

Keith – for building it
Eok, Sriram, Ciprian – for testing it
Gurpreet, Brian, Reagan – for making it look pretty
Vijay, Will, Taylor – for helping keep everything on track ;-]

Thanks!

FPSE 2002 RC1 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista (x86/x64)

robert_mcmurray — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:25:00 GMT

Earlier today Microsoft and Ready-to-Run Software released to web the Release Candidate 1 (RC1) version of the FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions for IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. This build now includes a combined installation package for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows.

Listed below is the link for the download page for the combined 32-bit/64-bit installation package:

FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions for IIS 7.0

FPSE 2002 RC1 for IIS 7 is supported on all of the the following operating systems:

Windows Server 2008 (Code Name "Longhorn")
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Enterprise

Once again, additional documentation about installing and using this version of FPSE 2002 can be found at the following URL:

Installing the FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=88546

While this release is a beta version and not technically supported, feedback about this release and requests for information can be sent to fpbeta@rtr.com or posted to the following web forum:

IIS7 - Publishing:
http://forums.iis.net/1045.aspx

Thanks!

FPSE 2002 RC0 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista (x86/x64)

robert_mcmurray — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:38:00 GMT

Earlier today Microsoft and Ready to Run Software released to web the Release Candidate 0 (RC0) version of the FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions for IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. This build now includes support for 64-bit Windows, and addresses several issues that we've seen since the FPSE release that shipped last April.

Listed below are the links for the download pages for each of the individual installation packages:

32-bit Installation Package:
- FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions for IIS 7.0 (x86)
64-bit Installation Package:
- FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions for IIS 7.0 (x64)

FPSE 2002 RC0 for IIS 7 is supported on all of the the following operating systems:

Windows Server 2008 (Code Name "Longhorn")
Windows Vista Ultimate
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Enterprise

Additional documentation about installing and using this version of FPSE 2002 can be found at the following URL:

Installing the FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=88546

Quoting and updating some of my notes from the last release:

It should be noted that this version of FPSE 2002 is a beta release and is therefore unsupported. Also, this version of FPSE 2002 introduces no new functionality; it is essentially the same version of FPSE 2002 that was created for Windows Server 2003 that has been updated to work on Windows Server 2008 (code name "Longhorn") and Windows Vista. That being said, this version of FPSE 2002 will enable web hosters and developers to author their web content on servers or workstations that are running IIS 7.0 on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista.

While this release is a beta version and not technically supported, feedback about this release and requests for information can be sent to fpbeta@rtr.com or posted to the following web forum:

IIS7 - Publishing:
http://forums.iis.net/1045.aspx

Thanks!

FTP7 for Windows Server 2008 RC0 is released!

robert_mcmurray — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:20:00 GMT

Today Microsoft released the newest version of our FTP server for Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 (RC0)!

Listed below are the links for the download pages for each of the individual installation packages:

FTP 7 (x86) Installation Package
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=87847
FTP 7 (x64) Installation Package
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=89114

I added the following text to my "Installing and Troubleshooting FTP7" walkthrough, but I’m going to repost that here because it sums up nicely what our new FTP server has to offer:

This new FTP service incorporates many new features that enable web authors to publish content better than before, and offers web administrators more security and deployment options.

Integration with IIS 7.0: IIS 7.0 has a brand-new administration interface and configuration store, and the new FTP service is tightly integrated with this new design. The old IIS 6 metabase is gone, and a new configuration store that is based on the .NET XML-based *.config format has taken its place. In addition, IIS 7.0 has a new administration tool, and the new FTP server plugs seamlessly into that paradigm.

Support for new Internet standards: One of the most significant features in the new FTP server is support for FTP over SSL. The new FTP server also supports other Internet improvements such as UTF8 and IPv6.

Shared hosting improvements: By fully integrating into IIS 7.0, the new FTP server makes it possible to host FTP and Web content from the same site by simply adding an FTP binding to an existing Web site. In addition, the FTP server now has virtual host name support, making it possible to host multiple FTP sites on the same IP address. The new FTP server also has improved user isolation, now making it possible to isolate users through per-user virtual directories.

Extensibility and custom authentication: The new FTP server supports developer extensibility, making it possible for software vendors to write custom providers for FTP authentication. Microsoft is using this extensibility feature to implement two new methods for using non-Windows accounts for FTP authentication for IIS Managers and .NET Membership.

Improved logging support: FTP logging has been enhanced to include all FTP-related traffic, unique tracking for FTP sessions, FTP sub-statuses, additional detail fields in FTP logs, and much more.

New supportability features: IIS 7.0 has a new option to display detailed error messages for local users, and the FTP server supports this by providing detailed error responses when logging on locally to an FTP server. The FTP server also logs detailed information using Event Tracing for Windows (ETW), which provides additional detailed information for troubleshooting.

Additional information about new features in FTP7 is available in the "What's New for Microsoft and FTP?" topic on Microsoft's http://www.iis.net/ web site.

The following prerequisites are required to install this new version:

You must be using Windows Server 2008 (code name "Longhorn") Release Candidate 0 (RC0) or later.
Internet Information Services 7.0 must be installed.
If you are going to manage the new FTP server using the IIS 7.0 user interface, the administration tool will need to be installed.
You must install the new FTP server as an administrator.
IIS 7.0 supports a new shared configuration environment, which must be disabled on each server in a web farm before installing the new FTP server for each node. Note: Shared configuration can be re-enabled after the FTP server had been installed.
The FTP server that is shipped on the Windows Server 2008 DVD must be uninstalled before installing the new FTP server.

To help you get started using the new FTP server, the following walkthroughs have been published on the http://www.iis.net/ web site:

Installing FTP7:
- Installing and Troubleshooting FTP7
Working with FTP Sites:
- Creating a New FTP Site
- Add FTP publishing to an existing Web site
Configuring Security Features:
Advanced Administrative Features:

Special thanks go to:

Jaroslav, Emily, Daniel, Umer – for building it
Suditi, Ciprian, Jeong – for testing it
Andrew, Carlos, Brian – for making it look pretty
Reagan, Claudia, Rick – for documenting it

Thanks!