IIS URL Rewrite Module 2.0 – RTW
The IIS URL Rewrite Module 2.0 – RTW is available for download. IIS URL Rewrite v2.0 is includes all the features from version 1.1, and adds extensibility support and outbound response rewriting. More specifically, v2.0 can be used to:
- Express complex URL rewriting logic by using custom rewrite providers written in .NET.
- Replace the URLs generated by a web application in the response HTML with a more user friendly and search engine friendly equivalent
- Fix up the content of any HTTP response by using regular expression pattern matching.
- Modify HTTP request and response headers and IIS server variables.
For the complete list of features available in this version, refer to Using URL Rewrite Module 2.0.
Install the URL Rewrite 2.0 – RTW
To install the URL Rewrite 2.0, use the download links at the module’s home page at http://www.iis.net/expand/urlrewrite. Note that this is a final, production ready release that is officially supported by Microsoft.
Install the URL Rewrite Extensibility Samples
An important new feature in this release is the support for custom rewrite providers that can be written in .NET. Custom rewrite providers can be used to implement complex rewrite logic which cannot be expressed by using built-in rewriting functionality.
The URL Rewrite Extensibility Samples include the .NET assemblies and the source code implementing the following providers:
- DbProvider – this provider can be used to retrieve rewrite mappings from a SQL Server database table by executing a stored procedure;
- FileMapProvider – this provider can be used to retrieve rewrite mappings stored in a text file;
- FileContainsProvider – this provider can be used to check if any string in a text file is a substring of the provider’s input string.
Download the URL Rewrite Extensibility Samples from MSDN Code Gallery.
More Information
The following documentation about URL Rewrite 2.0 is available on IIS.net:
Also, visit the
URL Rewrite Forum on IIS.NET if you have run into any problems when using the module or have questions or suggestions.
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Windows Server AppFabric Beta 2 is Available
On Monday, March 1st, we announced on the Window Server blog that Windows Server AppFabric Beta 2 is available for download. First publicized at PDC 2009, Windows Server AppFabric is a set of application services focused on improving the speed, scale, and management of Web, Composite, and Enterprise applications.
Note that this Beta is compatible with Visual Studio 2010 RC.
Developers and IT pros can expect the following benefits from Windows Server AppFabric:
· Faster Web Apps Made Easy - Windows Server AppFabric helps developers improve the speed and availability of web applications through distributed in-memory caching and replication technology that works with current ASP.NET applications.
· Simplified Composite Apps - Developers can simplify the development of composite applications with the pre-built application services in Windows Server AppFabric, used in conjunction with Visual Studio tools and .NET Framework capabilities (ASP.NET, WCF and WF).
· Enterprise Performance and Availability - An enterprise's most important and demanding applications can achieve elastic scale, performance, availability, and reliability with the help of Windows Server AppFabric.
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