Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 Resource Kit

Concepts

One of the core changes for IIS 7.0 is its component-based architecture, which incorporates lessons learned from IIS 6.0 and feedback from customers. IIS 7.0 debuts with a completely redesigned architecture; the Web server core is now broken down into discrete components called modules. For the first time, as a Web administrator, you have the power to custom build an IIS server according to your requirements. You can easily add built-in modules whenever they are needed or, even better, add or replace functionality with modules of your own design, produced commercially or provided by the developer community on IIS.net. In this way, the modular engine enables you to achieve exactly the functionality you want from the Web server and at the ...