So how much different in term of IIS UI between the two versions? I took a few minutes to do a quick mapping from IIS 6 website property page to the new IIS 7.0 IIS Manager:
| Task |
IIS 6.0 |
IIS 7.0 |
| IP Bindings and port |
Web site – Properties – Web site tab |
Actions pane - Bindings |
| Connection timeout |
Web site – Properties – Web site tab |
Actions pane - Limits |
| HTTP Keep-Alive |
Web site – Properties – Web site tab |
Features View pane – HTTP Response Header – Set Common Headers |
| Logging |
Web site – Properties – Web site tab |
Features View pane – Logging |
| Bandwidth Throttling and Connection limits |
Web site – Properties – Performance tab |
Actions pane - Limits |
| ISAPI Filters |
Web site – Properties – ISAPI Filters tab |
Features View pane – ISAPI Filters |
| Home Directory |
Web site – Properties – Home Directory tab |
Actions pane – Basic Settings / Advanced Settings |
| UNC Resource |
Web site – Properties – Home Directory tab |
Actions pane – Basic Settings / Advanced Settings |
| Redirection |
Web site – Properties – Home Directory tab |
Features View pane – HTTP Redirect |
| IIS Permissions – Scripts source access, Read, Write, Directory Browsing, Log Visits, Index this resource |
Web site – Properties – Home Directory tab |
Scripts source access: Feature depreciated. |
| Read, Write: NTFS permissions and Features View pane – Authorization Rules |
| Directory Browsing: Features View pane – Directory Browsing |
| Log Visits: Features View pane - Logging |
| Application Name |
Web site – Properties – Home Directory tab |
Features View pane – View Applications |
| Execute Permissions (None, Scripts Only, Scripts and Executable) |
Web site – Properties – Home Directory tab |
Features View pane – Handler Mappings – Edit Handler Permissions |
| Application Pool |
Web site – Properties – Home Directory tab |
Actions pane – Basic Settings / Advanced Settings |
| Application Extensions Mapping |
Web site – Properties – Home Directory tab – Configuration – Mapping tab |
Features View pane – Handler Mappings |
| ASP Configuration (session timeout, buffering, parent paths) |
Web site – Properties – Home Directory tab – Configuration – Options tab |
Session timeout: Features View pane – ASP – Sessions Properties |
| Buffering and Parent Paths: Features View pane – ASP - Behavior |
| ASP Debugging Flags (server-side and client side debugging, error message handling. |
Web site – Properties – Home Directory tab – Configuration – Debugging tab |
Features View pane – ASP – Debugging Properties |
| Default documents |
Web site – Properties – Documents tab |
Features View pane – Default Document |
| Document footer |
Web site – Properties – Documents tab |
Feature depreciated from UI. Configure via AppCmd.exe instead. For example - appcmd set config “Fabrikam HR” /sections:staticContent
/enableDocFooter:true
/defaultDocFooter:”d:\foot.html”
/isDocFooterFileName:true to configure document footer. |
| Authentication |
Web site – Properties – Directory Security tab |
Features View pane – Authentication |
| IP address and domain name restriction |
Web site – Properties – Directory Security tab |
Features View pane – IPv4 Address and Domain Restrictions |
| Secure Communication (SSL) |
Web site – Properties – Directory Security tab |
Features View pane – SSL Settings |
| HTTP Headers (content expiration, HTTP Headers, content rating, MIME Types |
Web site – Properties – HTTP Headers tab |
Content expiration and HTTP Headers: Features View pane – HTTP Response Headers |
| Content Rating: Feature depreciated from UI, However, you can try to configure the P3P policy via AppCmd.exe |
| MIME Types: Features View pane – MIME Types |
| Custom Errors |
Web site – Properties – Custom Errors tab |
Features View pane – Error Pages |