Summary

IIS 7.5 is a major improvement over previous versions in terms of security, reliability, availability, and performance. These facets have been a top priority for Microsoft. Microsoft has incorporated both internal and customer-based feedback to provide a robust platform for providing web, application, and FTP services.

Key points in this chapter covered the planning and design of the new IIS 7.5 capabilities built in to Windows Server 2008 R2. The features have been greatly enhanced to provide better management, scalability, modification, and reporting of web services operations.