IT:AD:IIS Express
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Summary
**IMPORTANT**: Run IISExpress (ie Visual Studio) in Admin mode if you have to do *any* changes to applicationhost.config (or changes get lost due to Visual Studio registering another website.
- Requires:
- Download IIS Express Downloader (not included in SP1)
- Requires SP1
- Conversion of file:
- Just right click project in Solution Explorer and select Run in IIS Express.
- It adds stuff to PReferences tab that is not normally seen
- Right click icon to see source of files, and config file. Not much to fiddle with.
- Why?
- Cassini has issues. See below.
- IIS Express does not need Administrator account.
- No conflict, side-by-side with full IIS and ASP.NET Development Server
- Works on Windows XP or higher.
- Supports host headers.
- Supports SSL
- Automatically installs a self-signed cert for SSL and enables URL ACLs for ports. See http://bit.ly/OpwJqH
- Take advantage of: Media Extensions, Dynamic Compression, Advanced Logging, Custom Security
- Facts:
- IIS Express runs under current logged on user identity.
- IIS 7.5 Express supports 64-bit architectures using the WoW64 subsystem. Full 64-bit support will be considered for future releases.
- Configuration:
- Managed on a per user basis: %userprofile%\documents\IISexpress\config
- Resources: