by Don Burnett
If you aren't taking advantage of Microsoft's quarterly events for Developers and Partners then shame on you... Today I went to our regional MSDN Quarterly event and it was really great it was all about IIS 7 and how it differs from IIS6. They are truly two very different beasts. The presenter was MSDN's famous William Steele, who always puts on a great event. You know someone is a great presenter when they just got the information for the presentation the night before the actual presentation and they still did an amazing job covering the subjects.
So what else did I learn about IIS7, the difference between modules and handlers. We also learned about how the IIS provider model works and how to write a new customized authentication system based on the built-in ASP.NET membership model. We also learned about how to take things like the ASP.NET authentication system and use it under other customer facing technologies, such as asp.net AJAX and Silverlight. The exciting thin about the provider model is that it allows you to use this internal functionality or even new functionality you write across client technologies..
Over at the T2 event (held at the same time) there was lots of discussion about Windows Server 2008 technologies, including Home Server and Small Business Server.
Okay so you all probably want to know what goodies we received..
The Windows Vista Security Guide in soft cover... WHOOO! This is like the Rosetta Stone of Windows Vista Security. If you have this book and you can't get your installation secure and locked down, then you have problems yourself..
If you missed the print edition and you are curious about what we received.. you can also DOWNLOAD it right here for free (in PDF)
How's that for a bonus for reading this BLOG...
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