Contents tagged with IIS7
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Offer Multiple Data Storage Options in the Same Package
The Web Platform Installer (WebPI) and the Web Deployment Tool (Web Deploy) UI in inetmgr both provide a way for packages to support offering multiple data storage options (such as a choice between SQL and MySQL) in the same package. Package creators can use parameter tagging to access this functionality, which is then surfaced to the end-user as a drop-down choice.
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Code Download and the Web Deployment Tool (MSDeploy) - Remote Management options
Outlining how the Web Deployment Tool works for remote management using Inetmgr and what has changed between the v1.0 RTW release and the recent v1.1 “refresh” release.
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Delegate Application Creation for Non-Admininistrator accounts
The Web Deployment Tool provides a way to delegate application creation to non-Administrator Windows users or IIS users. This blog covers how to configure this particular delegated setting. If you have not yet set up some users, or are not familiar with remote administration, I highly recommend going through this walkthrough: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/159/configuring-remote-administration-and-feature-delegation-in-iis-70/ before trying out these steps.
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Using IIS Manager accounts for Web Deployment Tool (msdeploy) delegation
This blog outlines the basic steps for setting up IIS Manager accounts so that they may be used for Web Deployment Tool delegation.
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Patch for Dynamic IP Restrictions for IIS 7 - Beta
Dynamic IP Restrictions (DIPR) was created to give users a tool to help mitigate the effects of DOS attacks and certain brute-force password breaking attempts. The Out-Of-Band (OOB) feature description is (perhaps more elegantly) outlined on this page: http://www.iis.net/extensions/DynamicIPRestrictions. In short, it is a handy tool that is easy to configure to protect a site/server from certain attacks.