Friday, 4 February 2005

Microsoft IIS 7.0 Beta Program Soon

The Microsoft Internet Information Server 7.0 (IIS 7.0) beta program is set to roll out later this year. Although IIS 7.0 isn't due for release until Longhorn ships sometime in 2006, ftponline conducted a candid interview with ill Staples, group program manager of Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS) and Web Platform and Tools Team, and Mary Alice Colvin, product manager for IIS and the entire IIS development team, to find out the features in IIS 7.0 that Web developers can look forward to. Here is their list of features that you can expect:

• Modularized Webcore allows you to add and remove functionality based on your needs. If you only want to serve static content, you need only a few modules (and not ISAPI, for example).
• A unified HTTP pipeline for native and managed applications alike. You'll be able to use forms-based authentication for classic ASP pages.
• You can build your own IHttpModule and IHttpHandlers, and plug them into the unified pipeline.
• A new, distributed XML configuration system that takes advantage of ASP.NET's configuration system.
• Improved diagnostics and troubleshooting, including new runtime state and tracing features.
• A new, extensible, task-oriented admin user interface.