October 2007
Intermediate to advanced
694 pages
18h 5m
English
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Chapter 1. IIS 7 and ASP.NET Integrated Architecture
Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS 7) is the latest version of Microsoft Web server. IIS 7 has gone through significant architectural changes since the last version. The most notable change for ASP.NET developers is the deep integration of the IIS 7 and ASP.NET framework. This provides both ASP.NET developers and IIS 7 administrators with an integrated programming environment that allows them to implement features and functionalities that were not possible before. The main goal of this chapter is twofold. First, it covers the IIS 7 package updates and their constituent feature modules, discusses five different IIS 7 setup options, and shows you how to use each option to custom-build your own Web server from these package updates. Second, it provides you with an overview of the IIS 7 and ASP.NET integrated architecture and its constituent systems, setting the stage for the next chapters where you'll dive into the details of this integrated architecture and programming framework.
Modular Architecture of IIS 7
The main priority of the Microsoft IIS team for IIS 6.0 was to improve its security, performance, and reliability. For that reason, modularity and extensibility didn't make it to the list of top priorities for IIS 6.0. That said, IIS 6.0 introduced a very important notion: selectively disabling IIS 7 features such as ISAPI extensions and CGI components. One of the main problems with the earlier versions of IIS was that all ...
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