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First things first – IIS7, for the first time in the history of the server, provides first class support for extending the server with .NET.

Read more at http://mvolo.com/2006/10/22/why-write-native-code-extending-your-iis-7-server-with-net.aspx.

Sometimes, after provisioning a new machine, or making some configuration changes, you may find that your IIS server has gone completely missing without so much as leaving you a note.  As you desperately try to bring up your site, your browser connection times out with “server not found” or, slightly better, you get the plain 503 “service unavailable” error. 

In these cases, a lot of the instrumentation you typically have at your disposal with application failures is not available to help you fix the problem.  But, not to worry - the solution is usually only a few steps away.  The step-by-step instructions below should help you figure out what’s wrong in minutes.

Read more here - http://mvolo.com/2006/10/16/where-did-my-iis7-server-go-troubleshooting-guide-for-those-pesky-server-not-found-and-service-unavailable-errors.aspx.

The first post in the IIS6 ISAPI vs IIS7 module development series.  This one is about the basics, and why they make such a big difference.

Read more here - http://mvolo.com/2006/10/07/why-iis7-module-is-better-then-iis6-isapi---reason-10-c-classbased-encapsulated-model-vs-cstyle-static-functions.aspx.

As you already know (if you don’t, go read about it right now), IIS7 core server has been completely re-engineered to provide a brand new extensibility model on top of which all of the server features are built. This allows anyone to remove/replace all existing server features, or add new ones - by using either the new native APIs, or the managed ASP.NET APIs.

Over the past two years, we did a bunch of work to make sure the new native APIs are easy to use and help write more robust server code. But, it is hard to appreciate all the benefits until you actually compare writing an IIS7 module with writing an IIS6 ISAPI Extension – I am often amazed at how nice some of the little improvements can make your life.

Read more here - http://mvolo.com/2006/10/07/10-reasons-why-developing-server-components-with-the-iis7-native-api-is-10-times-much-better-then-iis60-isapi.aspx.