Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.0\r\n

Yes! the moment is here! The real IIS 7 is out! I mean the one with all the promising features. New FTPS, Shared configuration, Web Manager, etc. Zzzz.. but I'm traveling now :( why pick the date when I'm not with my test machine! Anyway, wait no more, this beta 3 will also grant you the Go Live! license for production deployment. There's also ton of new/updated articles at IIS.net - the official site for IIS7 community, but that's not all !! don't forget to visit the forum section, where you will have direct forum support from IIS developers, PMs and all the way to Lead PM.

Meant to post weeks ago :) but been very busy. Will be traveling again for the next three weeks.
Anyway, You have to check out the latest article from Paul Lynch over at IIS-Resources.com - Installing WordPress on IIS 6. Among other writeup including getting PHP and MYSQL on IIS 6 as well.

OMG, Ksingla @ forums.iis.net is either crazy or lazy :) he just released an UI tool for appcmd.exe, which provides autocomplete + sort of intellisense features. Well I'm not sure about you, I'm a lazy person and hate to do /? or try to guess what's the section config name I try to configure. Check out this lovely tool here.

If you are encountering ASP Session _OnEnd() issue after installing Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003, you can contact Microsoft for the hotfix. Refer
FIX: The Session_OnEnd() event is not raised in ASP Web applications as expected after you install Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=934903

And hotfix is free, just ring up Microsoft PSS and provide your detail.

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927672 Server activation fails when you use a SOAP WSDL moniker to activate a COM+ SOAP-enabled server on a computer that is running Windows Vista
932909 By default, the maximum stack size of a thread that is created in a native IIS process is 256 KB
933343 The Web browser may stop responding when you try to view a Web page that is hosted in IIS 6.0 on a computer that is running an x64-based version of Windows Server 2003
922724 The IISSync command does not run successfully when you use SSL and server certificates in an IIS 5.0 cluster
928452 FIX: In IIS 6.0, Script Debugger breaks on an incorrect line of code when you debug an ASP page that contains double-byte characters
931490 FIX: The Http.sys file does not include the Cache Control: max-age header when the Http.sys file sends an HTTP 304 response in IIS 6.0
934515 You receive an error message when you try to view a Web page from a Web site that uses pass-through authentication in Internet Information Services 7.0

I talked about Vista SKUs and IIS 7 before :) yet it wasn't that clear as of why you might want to pick up Vista Business or Ultimate to experience the full IIS 7. Yes, we do have IIS 7 features matrix over at IIS.net, yet I think that's a bit messy :p and hard to read.

Why you should get Business or Ultimate editions? simply because these are the only 2 SKUs that give you complete IIS feature sets. To verify against the matrix published on IIS.net, I fired up my VMware Server and install all SKUs - starter,home basic, home premium, business on my Vista Ultimate x64 :) each of the installations took about 30mins or so, then I look at the each of the 'Turn Windows on or off' program list, here's what I got:

				Starter / Basic	Premium	Business / Ultimate
Internet Information Services
	FTP Publishing Services
		FTP Management Console				Y
		FTP Server				Y
	Web Management Tools
		IIS 6 Management Compatibility
			IIS 6 Management Console		Y	Y
			IIS 6 Scripting Tools		Y	Y
			IIS 6 WMI Compatibility		Y	Y
			IIS Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility	Y	Y	Y
		IIS Management Console			Y	Y
		IIS Management Scripts and Tools		Y	Y	Y
		IIS Management Services			Y	Y
	World Wide Web Services
		Application Development Features
			.Net Extensibility	Y	Y	Y
			ASP		Y	Y
			ASP.NET		Y	Y
			CGI		Y	Y
			ISAPI Extensions		Y	Y
			ISAPI Filters		Y	Y
			Server-Side Includes		Y	Y
		Common Http Features
			Default Document		Y	Y
			Directory Browsing		Y	Y
			HTTP Errors	Y	Y	Y
			HTTP Redirection	Y	Y	Y
			Static Content		Y	Y
	Health and Diagnostics
		Custom Logging			Y	Y
		HTTP Logging		Y	Y	Y
		Logging Tools		Y	Y	Y
		ODBC Logging				Y
		Request Monitor		Y	Y	Y
		Tracing		Y	Y	Y
	Performance Features
		HTTP Compression Dynamic		Y	Y	Y
		Static Content Compression			Y	Y
	Security
		Basic Authentication			Y	Y
		Client Certificate Mapping Authentication				Y
		Digest Authentication				Y
		IIS Client Certificate Mapping Authentication				Y
		IP Security		Y	Y	Y
		Request Filtering		Y	Y	Y
		URL Authorization		Y	Y	Y
		Windows Authentication				Y

Red - Exclusively for Vista Business and Ultimate
Cyan - Default features included in all SKUs


So it is pretty clear that Starter and Home Basic are indeed very limited, you don't even get Static Content module with it :) You basically need to extend the web core at your own effort. It has only 13 modules shipped with the OS. Next - Home Premium, few modules are missing such as FTP and advanced authentication schemes like Digest and Windows. I know Business and Ultimate are more $$$ than the lower SKUs, but if you really plan to develop on IIS7, you should pick up either Business or Ultimate edition.

Next, talk about FTP - not sure if this is still NDA :) but heck! you guys will love this. There will be an out-of-band FTP component on IIS.net which will replaced the old IIS 6 FTP that you get with today's Vista. Completely rewrite with FTPS support, enhanced ftp user isolation, ftp site host name support and lot more.

Guess what ? just received an email from Microsoft saying that I'm rewarded as MVP for another year :)
Funny, not sure if this was a joke or the real deal! Last year, Microsoft sent it on the 4th of April.

You ? what do you get this year?