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What's New In IIS 6.0: A Practical Administrative Guide (Part 2 of 2)
The first article in this two-part series explored IIS 6.0's new features. This part of the series concentrates on the "hands on" activities to implement and manage those new features. You'll see how to configure IIS 6.0 to leverage Web services extensions, enable ASP.NET processing, and troubleshoot some new IIS 6.0 issues.
by Chris Peiris
September 25, 2003
he Web service Extensions management console (see Figure 1) is a new feature you'll find in the IIS 6.0 management application. This utility gives you a Control Panel-like way to configure your IIS components. You can allow, prohibit or change the settings for various types of IIS services using this tool. You can also use the Web service Extensions management console to add and edit recognized IIS extensions (ISAPI applications and third-party IIS tools). Finally, you can use it to enable or disable all Web service Extensions. Here's a list of default components you can enable or disable through the Web service Extensions management console:
ASP.NET executions
ASP executions
CGI and ISAPI applications
Front Page Server Extensions 2000 and 2002
WebDAV support for IIS directories
Figure 1: A Typical Web service Extensions View. This screenshot shows a typical view after selecting the Web service Extensions item in the IIS Manager utility.
To enable or disable access to a Web service extension, select it, and then click either the Allow or Prohibit button. The Status column shows the current state (Allowed or Prohibited) of each extension. You can configure Web service extensions that apply to a specific application. For example, the next section uses the ASP.NET service to illustrate the types of control you have over Web service extensions.
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