Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 Resource Kit
by Olga M. Londer Mike Volordarsky Brett Hill, Bernard Cheah, Steve Schofield, Carlos Aguiar Mares, Kurt Meyer, and Microsoft IIS Team
Editing Configuration
The IIS 7.0 configuration system provides a lot of flexibility for editing server configuration. Because the configuration is stored in plain-text XML files and uses a well-structured, human-readable syntax, you can edit it manually using Notepad or your favorite text editor. In fact, many people prefer this approach when editing configuration for distributed web.config files located within the site’s directory structure.
In addition to enabling configuration to be edited by hand, IIS 7.0 provides a complete administration stack that offers tools and APIs for editing configuration. This includes the IIS Manager, a completely redesigned GUI task-based experience for managing most of the IIS 7.0 configuration. It also includes ...
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