Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Server) is the Windows counterpart of Linux Apache server. It is the second most popular HTTP server in the world after Apache. IIS provides the following services: ...

I made passing mention of this in the TIL thread but I'm actually trying to figure out how to make this work now. I'm trying to slowly consolidate all of the various applications that have web front ...

One of the slew of announcements at Microsoft's TechEd 2007 yesterday was the addition of another Server Core role for Windows Server 2008—that of Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7). For those ...

To that end, he recommends that you work on a test server. In his article he details not only how to do a minimal install, but also how to remove some unnecessary elements like client applications, ...

If you have been following the development of Microsoft's IIS (Internet Information Services) since version 5.0, you'll notice that there's been much hype and interest about IIS 7.0. Developers have ...

When you think of containers, it's easy to think of Linux first. Most containers and container workflows are built on Linux, and for obvious reasons. Linux starts faster, takes up less space on disk ...

Server Core is a “minimalist” installation of Server 2008 – it doesn’t even come with a graphical user interface! The idea is that you only install the services you need. The benefits of a Server Core ...

Internet Information Server hacks are legendary, including many into Microsoft itself. Here's how to keep your Web sites from becoming famous for the wrong reasons. When IIS is involved, I feel kind ...