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IIS Transform Manager 1.0 RTW Available for Download

IIS Transform Manager 1.0 RTW is the latest tool that Microsoft has made available for download to enable media conversion capabilities to developers. Through the new utility, devs can run encoding tasks to convert various media content to on-demand Smooth Streams for different Silverlight clients and for Apple mob...

26 May 2012
07:07 GMT

The Number of Websites Doubled in 2011, to Reach 582 Million

The year ended with 582,716,657 as measured by Netcraft. That's a big growth from the previous month, December 2011 started with 27.2 million less websites. But the 4.9 percent growth is nothing compared to the entire year, there were only 255 million websites detected at the start of 2011. The number has more ...

3 January 2012
18:41 GMT

Download Free IIS Web Deployment Tool 2.0 (Web Deploy 2.0)

Customers leveraging Internet Information Services can take advantage of a new free tool available from Microsoft, designed to streamline a variety of tasks including migration, management and deployment of not just IIS web servers, but also Cloud applications and websites.Web Deploy v2.0, or Web Deployment Tool 2.0...

15 February 2011
05:49 GMT

50 Million Websites Created in 2010

The fact that the internet kept on growing in 2010 is not going to surprise anyone. The interesting part though is how much it grew, almost 50 million new websites were created in 2010, according to data from Netcraft. Also interesting, 43 million of the new websites used Apache, which continues to be the most popula...

5 January 2011
06:03 GMT

Microsoft WebMatrix Final Drops on January 13, 2011

Microsoft is less than a month away from wrapping up WebMatrix a solution offered to simplify the development and deployment of websites on top of Windows. The way I see it, WebMatrix is designed to draw developers away from LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) to the software giant’s technologies, including W...

22 December 2010
04:45 GMT

IIS Smooth Streaming Deployment Guide Released

Customers looking to take advantage of the Internet Information Services Smooth Streaming capabilities can now access and download guidance from Microsoft free of charge. The IIS Smooth Streaming Deployment Guide, updated this month, is live on the Microsoft Download Center, and available both as a Word 2010 doc as w...

17 August 2010
04:59 GMT

IIS Smooth Streaming Client 1.0 Released to Web

Earlier this month, Microsoft started serving Internet Information Services customers a wave of updates designed to kick IIS Media Services up a notch. Softpedia users have already been able to read about and download IIS Media Services 4.0 Beta and IIS Transform Manager 1.0 Alpha. Accompanying the two technologies i...

15 June 2010
04:38 GMT

IIS Transform Manager 1.0 Alpha Released

The past week, Microsoft started offering a wave of updates ushering in the next version of IIS Media Services. Softpedia readers have already been informed of the fact that IIS Media Services 4.0 has reached the Beta development stage, and that the bits are now up for grabs and testing. As a part of the IIS Media Se...

14 June 2010
03:44 GMT

IIS Media Services 4.0 Reaches Beta

The Beta Build of the next iteration of Microsoft’s integrated HTTP-based media delivery platform is now available for download. Both the 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) versions of the IIS Media Services 4.0 Beta are now live on the Microsoft Download Center allowing customers running Internet Information S...

11 June 2010
07:17 GMT

PHP on Windows Training Kit Gets Updated

Microsoft continues to work in order to woo PHP developers, attesting to drawing them away from Linux and Apache and converting them to its own Windows Server and Internet Information Services. One of the incentives that the Redmond company is offering is related to free training for those that decide to build on top...

26 March 2010
05:15 GMT

IIS Smooth Streaming Format SDK Beta 1 Is Live

Microsoft has released the first Beta of the Internet Information Services Smooth Streaming Format SDK 1.0. The software development kit is designed to enable applications to multiplex (mux) encoded video and audio elementary streams into Smooth Streaming fragmented-MP4 format. The resulting format would be compliant...

5 March 2010
07:22 GMT

FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 5.1 and IIS 6.0 Released to Web

Customers running versions 6 and 5.1 of Internet Information Services (IIS) web servers will now be able to better accommodate application frameworks that support the FastCGI protocol. Microsoft has recently announced that FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 5.1 and IIS 6.0 has been finalized and released to web. Designed ...

25 January 2010
06:34 GMT

Download Free IIS Smooth Streaming Player Development Kit Beta 2

Content providers interested in leveraging Silverlight in tandem with Internet Information Services in order to provide media experiences for customers can now take advantage of an updated development kit for IIS Smooth Streaming. Today, January 15th, 2010, the second beta development milestone of Beta IIS Smooth Str...

15 January 2010
06:34 GMT

Free Microsoft SEO Toolkit Optimized for Google, Bing, Yahoo

Looking for a free search engine optimization toolkit tailored to all the major search engines? Than look no further than Microsoft’s SEO Toolkit, which is designed to allow webmasters and web administrators to adapt their sites to not just Bing, but also Google and Yahoo. In fact, the promise from the Redmond ...

14 January 2010
10:21 GMT

Microsoft: No 0-Day Vulnerability in IIS

After it confirmed that it was investigating reports in the wild of a zero-day(0-day) security hole affecting Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft is now saying that it wrapped up the investigation and that no vulnerability was found. Instead of the alleged security vulnerability, the Redmond company noted...

30 December 2009
05:13 GMT

Microsoft Confirms 0-Day IIS Security Vulnerability

Microsoft has confirmed officially a zero-day security vulnerability affecting Internet Information Services (IIS). The security hole was initially reported just ahead of Christmas on December 23rd, and the Redmond company provided the first response at the end of the past week. So far, the issue in question affects...

28 December 2009
04:54 GMT

Get an Insight into Windows Server 2008 R2 Features

Microsoft is allowing customers to easily get an insight into the features that mark the evolution from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2. Of course, the company has documented all aspects of its Windows 7 Server, but fact of the matter is that some users might be discouraged when confronted with thousand...

3 December 2009
04:27 GMT

Microsoft Confirms IIS 5.0, 5.1 and 6.0 0-Day Vulnerability

Microsoft has offered official confirmation of a new zero-day vulnerability impacting various releases of Internet Information Services (IIS). The security flaw resides in the FTP service, explained Alan Wallace, senior communications manager for the security response communications team at Microsoft, noting that in ...

2 September 2009
10:01 GMT

Download Free Microsoft Search Engine Optimization Toolkit for IIS

Websites need more than a search decision engine to make themselves visible out of the overload of information in over 1 trillion pages of content Microsoft estimates are live at the moment. Provided that websites are leveraging Internet Information Services, the Redmond company is now offering a collection of tools ...

4 June 2009
09:04 GMT

New Microsoft Server 0-Day Vulnerability in the Wild

Information on a new 0-day vulnerability affecting Microsoft server is available in the wild, the Redmond company has confirmed. The software giant has informed that it is investing public reports of a security hole in various versions of Internet Information Services (IIS). The Redmond company has published a prelim...

19 May 2009
04:08 GMT

Smooth Streaming Available for True 1080p High-Definition Videos

With Smooth Streaming, Microsoft is attempting to keep up the pace with the evolution of the online video market. In this regard, the Redmond company made available a new feature for Internet Information Services (IIS) Media Services designed to make true 1080p high-definition capabilities a reality when it comes dow...

21 April 2009
04:30 GMT

Windows Web Application Gallery

In conjunction with the recently launched Web Platform Installer 2.0 Beta, Microsoft has also made available the Windows Web Application Gallery. According to the Redmond company, the Gallery is designed to streamline the process of discovering, exploring but also deploying top ASP.Net and PHP applications designed f...

23 March 2009
08:48 GMT

Download UrlScan 3.1

UrlScan is a free security tool available for download from Microsoft designed to bulletproof websites developed and running on top of Windows server operating systems and Internet Information Services. Delivered in order to filter SQL injection attacks, UrlScan is now at version 3.1, less than three months following...

3 November 2008
07:11 GMT

5-Month-Old Unpatched Vulnerability Stretches from Vista SP1 to XP SP3

Microsoft is in no hurry to patch a vulnerability which it managed to confirm approximately five months ago in mid-April 2008. On August 27, 2008, the Redmond company provided additional details about the security flaw that impacts a wide range of Windows operating systems, including Windows XP Service Pack 3 and SP2...

29 August 2008
03:58 GMT

Download Free UrlScan Filter 3.0 RTW

Microsoft has taken UrlScan Filter 3.0 out of Beta development stage and made the tool available for download. The gold code of UrlScan 3.0 that went live on the Microsoft Download Center on August 21 is designed to integrate seamlessly with Internet Information Services 5.1, 6.0 and 7.0 running on top of Windows Ser...

21 August 2008
07:49 GMT

Microsoft Looking to Kill Generic 404 Error Pages

Microsoft is looking to sacrifice generic 404 error pages on the altar of Live Search. As far as it has even a remote possibility of driving up traffic for its search engine, Microsoft seems to be willing to give any scenario the time of day. The latest initiative from the software giant involves proving customizable...

4 June 2008
06:22 GMT

Enhancing PHP Performance on Windows and on IIS

Enhancing PHP performance of Windows and Internet Information Services is the main purpose of a technical partnership debuted by Microsoft and Zend some 10 month ago in October 2007. Essentially, the Redmond company aimed to ensure the evolution of hosting PHP on Windows and IIS in terms of speed and reliability. The...

26 September 2007
09:33 GMT

Create Forums in phpBB3

What is a forum? A forum in a bulletin board system is the section where users will post their topics. To begin, login to Administrator Panel. To create a forum, go to Forums Tab and you will see the default forum, created by setup. If you want to begin from scratch, delete the forum and let`s try to create our own f...

11 September 2007
10:21 GMT

Board Configuration in phpBB3

After you've installed phpBB, you must change a few settings. First, change the settings of the board. Enter the Administration Panel and go to Board Configuration/Board Settings. Here you can change the name of the board(ex: Softpedia Test), the description(ex: Softpedia Install Test Forum), Board Language(in t...

10 September 2007
11:20 GMT

How to Install PHPBB3

PHPBB 3, codenamed "Olympus", is the next version of the popular open source bulletin board. Right now, PHPBB 3 is in the RC stage and the stable version will be available soon. Some of the most important additions for version 3 are:- Attachments - You can add attachments in posts and PMs, you can attach multiple ima...

10 September 2007
10:23 GMT

Make Your IIS Server Run Faster

IIS is the web server developed by Microsoft. The versions of IIS are: IIS 1.0, Windows NT 3.51 available as a free add-on, IIS 2.0, Windows NT 4.0, IIS 3.0, Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3, IIS 4.0, Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack, IIS 5.0, Windows 2000, IIS 5.1, Windows XP Professional, IIS 6.0, Windows Server 2003 and Wi...

27 August 2007
10:43 GMT

Install IIS Support for Perl Scripts

IIS doesn't support Perl scripts by default, but it's easy to install support for Perl scripts in IIS. The steps for this are: 1. Install IIS 2. Download and install Perl 5 for Windows. 3. Configure Perl scripts maps. Make sure that you have installed IIS and start the service. After you've installed P...

23 August 2007
11:10 GMT

How to install PHP on IIS

Today we'll learn how to install PHP for IIS in Windows XP Pro. First we need to download PHP and install IIS. To install IIS, you need the Windows XP installation CD. Go to Control Panel-> Add/Remove Programs and click on Add/Remove Windows Components. Check Internet Information Services (IIS) and insert the CD...

17 August 2007
10:35 GMT

Microsoft Finally A Winner, Beats The Vulnerable Apache

Security company Sophos published an interesting report concerning the software solutions used for webservers, revealing that Microsoft's IIS is securer when it comes to the battle with the famous Apache. At this time, Apache is surely the most popular server software application on the Internet with an impressi...

25 July 2007
05:39 GMT

Linux-based Websites Outperform the Windows-based Ones

Uhm, now it's official: the Linux websites have better uptime and load faster than Windows-based websites. According to a study made by WatchMouse website monitoring company, the Linux and Windows websites hold an almost 75% share, of course with variations depending on regions.The WatchMouse company started a ...

21 June 2007
08:34 GMT

Google: Microsoft? A Very Dangerous Company!

The Google employees are struggling to improve the security of their technology but, without support and statistics about the other services, it's extremely hard to manage to create a 100 percent safe solution. That's why they decided to conduct a special web research to find out how many Internet servers a...

6 June 2007
15:31 GMT


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