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Author: walterov

Published on November 02, 2007 by walterov

Updated on February 25, 2008 by walterov

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The questions in this section have been compiled from site visits to hosting companies participating in the IIS7 TAP program.

The questions have been categorized into the following areas:

Tools and Utilities Questions
SMTP Questions
Logging and Auditing Questions
Security Questions
General IIS7 Questions
.NET Questions
PHP Questions
Sales and Marketing Questions
Top 10 Changes in IIS7

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Tools and Utilities Questions What tools are available to be able to see which site is using memory in an application pool? The recommendation for IIS 7.0 is to NOT use shared application pools. Is there a tool that validates configuration files before loading in IIS 7.0? No, the best ...	Created Feb 25 2008 by walterov
SMTP Questions Can SMTP logging be integrated with IIS logs? Not out of the box. How does the SMTP module work with IIS? Can the source site of the SMTP message be determined? There are no SMTP changes in Windows Server® 2008. The only SMTP Module that I can find in Windows ...	Created Mar 04 2008 by walterov
Logging and Auditing Questions Can you delegate "logging" to remote administrators? No. It is in the site section and only machine administrators can modify this section. You can only delegate whether to log or not. What kind of load does a custom logging module put on the server? (Disabling ...	Created Feb 25 2008 by walterov
Security Questions Should Full Trust be allowed? For certain workloads, Full trust may be required (e.g., making unmanaged calls, using reflection, etc.). For most web apps, it is typically not necessary. Microsoft recommends using Medium Trust (at the Server level). Using feature ...	Created Feb 25 2008 by walterov
General IIS 7.0 Questions If a module keeps crashing, does IIS 7.0 have ability toremove the "erring" module and recycle the app-pool without that module? This must be done manually. What is the impact of turning off kernel mode cache? The impact will depend on the server load. If ...	Created Mar 06 2008 by walterov
.NET Questions Can ASP.NET websites built with Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 be used in partial trust configurations? No. When a user uses Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 to build a new ASP.NET 3.5 website, or migrates an existing ASP.NET website to .NET Framework 3.5, the application ...	Created Mar 10 2008 by walterov
PHP Questions What support is available for PHP running with FastCGI? Microsoft does notsupport PHP.We started integration testing with 5.2.1. Most of the testing seen shows PHP working well, without specific integrationissues (other than bugs on our side which we are fixing ...	Created Feb 25 2008 by walterov
Sales and Marketing Questions Why should customers migrate from IIS 6.0 to IIS 7.0? Modular pipeline. Tight integration with ASP.NET. Better shared hosting performance. Better administration tools. Simpler diagnostics. Inexpensive, streamlined Windows Server Web Edition, perfect for hosting ...	Created Feb 25 2008 by walterov
Documentation Questions How can I particpate in Windows Server® 2008 scenario testing? Using your passport account, follow the instructions at: https://windowsbeta.microsoft.com/server/intro.aspx When you rate scenarios with high importance, the scenario and the document links are ...	Created Feb 25 2008 by walterov
Top 10 Changes in IIS 7.0 You can find the original Top 10 Changes in IIS 7.0 post on Technet. 1. Simple, configurable command line setup Install only the IIS components needed to run your site Example:start /w pkgmgr /l:log.etw /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures;IIS ...	Created Mar 06 2008 by walterov

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