Kanwaljeet Singla's Weblog
Feature additions and bug fixes coming up in WinCache
We are seeing huge momentum behind adoption of WinCache. In the month of September, WinCache v1 Beta...
Date: 10/05/2009
Migrating FastCGI configuration from IIS 5.1/6.0 to IIS 7.0/7.5
ProblemAs you know FastCGI functionality on IIS 5.1 and IIS 6.0 is provided by FastCGI ISAPI...
Date: 09/24/2009
How WinCache make PHP run faster
Why WinCache?Use of PHP accelerators is very common to make PHP run faster. Most of the existing PHP...
Date: 09/19/2009
FastCGI ISAPI 1.5 Beta for WinXP and Win2K3
IIS team today released FastCGI ISAPI 1.5 Beta for WinXP and Win2K3 which has some very nice...
Date: 04/21/2009
Using advanced logging to log custom module data
Advanced logging module which media team released few days ago uses IIS tracing subsystem and allow...
Date: 04/18/2009
Implementing IAppHostPathMapper in C
Few days ago I was required to implement IAppHostPathMapper interface in native C to map...
Date: 04/18/2009
New features in configuration system and appcmd in IIS 7.5
Following new features have been added to IIS configuration system and appcmd command line tool in...
Date: 03/25/2009
IIS 7.5 updates to custom errors and compression
Looking at number of people reaching my first blog post while searching for information on IIS 7.5,...
Date: 02/16/2009
Improvements to FastCGI in IIS 7.5
Following improvements have been made to FastCGI module in Win7 (and Win2K8 R2).1. Monitor changes...
Date: 01/22/2009
Generating trace information in IIS native modules
IIS7 has really nice tracing capabilities which are available to all module developers. If you want...
Date: 01/01/2009
Using IMetadataInfo::GetModuleContextContainer to store configuration data
If you write an IIS7 module, you would typically want to control its behavior based on some...
Date: 12/21/2008
Enabling intellisense for AhAdmin code in scripts
MWA (Microsoft.Web.Administration) is pretty popular among developers who wish to read/write IIS...
Date: 06/09/2008
Tool to generate AhAdmin code for actions in IIS7 UI
If you ever write AhAdmin code, this is for you.I have written a tool which generates equivalent...
Date: 06/04/2008
Exposing runtime data from IIS worker processes
Dynamic properties feature in IIS7 configurtion system lets you expose dynamic data as configuration...
Date: 06/04/2008
What to expect from IIS7 custom error module
IIS7 custom error module work in SendResponse stage with priority high (priority high in send...
Date: 02/18/2008
How configuration system merges sections
One of the things which was not clear to me when IIS7 configuration system was written was how...
Date: 02/11/2008
List of registry keys affecting IIS7 behavior
Few months ago, I fired procmon and collected all the registry keys IIS7 processes read. I then...
Date: 12/30/2007
Ins & Outs of hostable web core
I started writing an application which uses hostable web core (HWC) functionality of IIS7 and before...
Date: 12/20/2007
How to read/write administration.config
IIS7 configuration system understands machine.config, web.config and applicationHost.config but does...
Date: 07/26/2007
Working with RSCA using configuration APIs
One of the new features in IIS7 in longhorn server enable people to extend existing IIS...
Date: 07/25/2007
Things you can do by piping appcmd commands
Check out some of the cool things you can do by piping appcmd commands together in IIS7 at...
Date: 06/18/2007
Steps to enable tracing using appcmd
See the steps to enable tracing for a site using appcmd at...
Date: 05/17/2007
Client-side redirection using HttpRedirection module
HttpRedirection module allows you to set client side redirection using configuration rules. There...
Date: 05/04/2007
AppcmdUI - appcmd command autocompletion tool
Do you always find yourself always using “/?” in appcmd to find what switches you need? Do you...
Date: 04/14/2007
Using ahadmin to read/write IIS configuration - Part 2
Continuing my ahadmin drill down, lets see how to use available interfaces to work with section...
Date: 02/26/2007
Using ahadmin to read/write IIS configuration - part 1
The Application Host Administration API (ahadmin.idl) interface library can be accessed using native...
Date: 02/25/2007
Tool to generate strongly typed classes for IIS configuration sections
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Date: 12/04/2006
MWA and intellisense for configuration sections
Read at...
Date: 12/04/2006
Response caching in IIS7
Read all you need to know and more about usermode and kernel mode response caching in IIS7 at...
Date: 11/17/2006
Feature delegation of custom module in UI
Read about enabling feature delegation of a custom module in IIS7 UI at...
Date: 11/14/2006
What notifications are delivered to IIS7 native modules
See the IIS7 native modules event notification registration information at...
Date: 08/30/2006
Tool to find IIS7 native module's pipeline events registration (source code)
Available at...
Date: 08/30/2006
Sample forms authentication test in C#
Check out the sample at https://blogs.iis.net/ksingla/archive/2006/08/23/1379542.aspx.Thanks,Kanwal
Date: 08/24/2006
Execution order of modules in IIS7
Read about module execution order in IIS 7.0 here.
Date: 06/24/2006
My future posts on IIS will be on blogs.iis.net
I have started a blog on blogs.iis.net too. In the future, i plan to post IIS related articles there...
Date: 06/13/2006
Changes to compression in IIS7
Read about changes to compression modules in IIS7 at...
Date: 06/12/2006