Also, if an application works on IIS 7, would it be cool on the new version (if there is any)?
Err...even Microsoft's marketing material(dead link) is confusing! (says both IIS 7.0 and 7.5). However, I believe that Windows Server 2008 Web comes with IIS 7.0 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Web comes with IIS 7.5 FYI.
And yes, if you have an app working on IIS 7, it will work fine on IIS 7.5.
Edit: Appears Microsoft has update their site since this was posted, leaving link up for anyone looking for information on Server and Server R2.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/product-information.aspx
IIS version 7.5.
My guess is if Microsoft doesn't suck, an app working in 7.0 should be fine on a newer subversion, there should be no core changes. Then again, it is Microsoft, so I can't say that for certain.
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We have got below error when we are accessing our ASP.NEt WebForms applications which is hosted in IIS 7 but the MVC Application is working though:
c:\windows\system32\inetsrv> "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\vbc.exe
we already tried restarting our server and changing app pool current user but still no good result.
Ok what we did is below from Microsoft:
Known issue for security updates 3098779 and 3097997 for the .NET Framework 4.5.1 and 4.5.2 after you install the .NET Framework 4.6 on Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2
What we did is the solution 2 which is to remove KB3098779 and KB3097997 in the windows update in our windows 2012 server and everything's back to normal.
Does anyone have an idea if it is possible to downgrade IIS version 7 to lower version of IIS on windows server 2008?
I have an ASP program on win 2000 server and I am planning to migrate this program on new setup on better hardware and software but I am getting HTTP 500 which in detail error logs I see complain of classic asp and IIS 7. In my case obviously the the ASP used (by another programmer) is and old classic ASP platform and now with this conflict I cannot get my web sever operating properly.
Any help/idea would be really appreciated.
Thanks,
Alan
Azure service configuration allows to alter osFamily. Currently there're two options. Value 1 (the default) selects Windows Server 2008 and value 2 selected Windows Server 2008 R2.
I'm currently with the default (2008).
What changes should I expect if I just change to R2? Will it be faster? Will anything likely break?
You should see this as if you were upgrading from Windows Vista to Windows 7, as described in this question: What's the difference between Windows Server 2008, 2008 SP2 and 2008 R2?.
If you're building web applications the largest impact will probably come from IIS. Windows Server 2008 uses IIS 7.0, Windows Server 2008 R2 uses 7.5. Read about the differences here: What's New in the Web Server (IIS) Role (IIS 7)
There's also a whitepaper that describes the new and changed functionalities and features: Changes in Functionality in Windows Server 2008 R2.
To answer your question if anything will break I would say no (although something could always go wrong). I've deployed many applications to Windows Azure and this never caused issues for me. When I upgraded from Windows Vista to Windows 7 it felt like I was using a more mature, stable and better performing system, and I would dare to believe the same applies to the server releases. And advantage is that you'll have new features available, like the Win32 support to mount VHD files (I think this relates to your VHD question).
What is the highest version of Windows Server & IIS that supports classic ASP 2.0?
since IIS 5 that is supported, but not installed by default in later versions.
Open Roles and Features on Windows Server and select ASP as well.
Windows server 2008 and IIS 7.5 support classic ASP.
This link covers the subject of getting classic ASP running on IIS 7.5 fairly comprehensively:
http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/559/running-classic-asp-applications-on-iis-70-and-iis-75/
I have checked the following during turning on Windows features:
IIS,IIS Compatibility and under WWW I have checked .NET extensibility.I do not see an ASP.NET option to check.Will these be enough to have IIS running or am I missing something.
I do not see the IIS page when I type localhost in my browser.Please help.
Your version of Vista does not support ASP on IIS. You'll have to either install asp or upgrade your version of Vista to:
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition
Windows Vista Professional Edition
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition
If you're trying to set up a web server you can take a look at Microsoft's Dreamspark site.
If you're a student and have the capability of proving it you can download a copy of Windows 2003 Server and use it for educational purposes.