http://www.iis.net
IIS 7 Virtual Labs
Do you want to play around with the latest verison of IIS 7 without having to find a machine or a setup a Virtual PC image?
The new IIS 7 site has Virtual Labs where can test IIS 7 today on Vista Beta 2 (offical release version) via a web browser for 90 minutes for free.
The virtual labs have a workbook you can download for showing you parts of the new system; one of the labs shows how to create a new Authentication module for IIS 7 so you can use any ASP.NET membership provider as the credential store for Basic Authentication.
http://staginglabs.iis.net/
TechCENTER
Now you can find all Microsoft IIS technical information in a single location.
The TechCenter has a nice search interface where you can search for content based on a large number of different criteria as shown below.
You can also browse the TechCENTER using a number of different categories such as:
- IIS 7
- Administration & Management
- ASP.NET Administration
- Extensibility
- Publishing Content
- Security
- Setuyp & Migration
- Troubleshooting
- Tuning IIS
- Updates
- WebFarms
http://www.iis.net/default.aspx?tabid=2
Downloads
A number of IIS related tools for downloads are also available in a number of categories:
- Montioring Tools
- IIS 7 Tools
- Team Favorites
- Security Tools
- Debugging Tools
- Administration Tools
http://www.iis.net/default.aspx?tabid=3
Forums
Obviously an offical site dedicated to IIS must have a communtity forum where you should get the best support available for current versions of IIS and also the next version.
If you have joined the ASP.NET forums then you will already be a member of the IIS forums.
Expect to see answers by Microsoft exmployees and also MVP's and lots of others willing to help you with your questions and problems.
http://forums.iis.net/
Blogs
Just like everywhere else there are blogs on the new offical IIS 7 site - currently they only appear to havge the IIS team blogs and not any of the MVP blogs such as this one. I do not know if that will change but I don't mind either way but it would help with supporting others who have prompted and support their products.
http://blogs.iis.net/
IIS Web Cast Series
Just incase you are looking for WebCasts on IIS there is a nice section that displays them all.
http://www.iis.net/default.aspx?tabid=2&subtabid=24
Hint: You can also just play around with Vista in the Virtual Labs if you wanted as well since it is a full version of Vista.
Remember the URL is www.iis.net - nice and simple to remember - so go check it out...