IIS 7.0 Features and Vista Editions

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06/01/2020

by Henry Seiler

Overview of IIS 7.0 differences Across Windows Vista Editions and Windows Server 2008 Editions

With the release of Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 IIS 7.0 became available on all mainstream Windows Editions for the first time.

On Windows Vista Editions, IIS 7.0 will play a dual role. First, it offers web developers the complete web platform experience for building and testing web applications on Windows, for deployment on Windows Server, just like Windows XP. Second, it enables process activation and management and the necessary HTTP infrastructure for enabling connected consumer scenarios that will be built using the Windows Communication Foundation (WinFX).

Windows Vista Starter and Home Editions

The Windows Vista Starter and Home Editions are targeted at home and personal users who do not have the need to perform application or web development. IIS 7.0 Web Server and FTP Server features are not available on these editions. However, if you look closely you will notice specific components of IIS 7.0 that can be installed on these Editions. Please note, however, that installing these components will not provide a web server that supports static content, Classic ASP, or ASP.NET.

The IIS 7.0 components available on these Editions serve as supporting infrastructure for Microsoft's Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). Collectively the IIS 7.0 components that provide this infrastructure are referred to as the Windows Process Activation Service (WAS.) Users who install WCF based applications will not need to explicitly install WAS, rather these components will be installed by WCF as needed.

The IIS 7.0 simultaneous request execution limit for the Vista Starter and Home Editions is three.

See the Feature Summary below for a detailed list of IIS 7.0 features available on these Editions.

Windows Vista Home Premium Edition

The IIS 7.0 role on the Windows Vista Home Premium Edition is to support the needs of the casual or hobbyist web developers; as such the majority of the IIS 7.0 Web Server features required for web site development are available. Features not normally associated with hobbyist web development such as FTP server, advanced Web authentication and authorization, and remote administration are not available on the Vista Home Premium Edition.

The IIS 7.0 simultaneous request execution limit for the Vista Home Premium Edition is three.

See the Feature Summary below for a detailed list of IIS 7.0 features available on this Edition.

Windows Vista Professional Editions

For the Windows Vista Professional Editions IIS 7.0 role is squarely targeted at the professional web developer and provides professional web developers to everything necessary to design, develop, and test web applications. (Professional Editions include Vista Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate Editions.) All of the IIS 7.0 features available on Windows Server 2008 are available on the Professional Editions with the exception of remote administration. The Professional Editions places a limit of 10 simultaneous requests that can be processed.

See the Feature Summary below for a detailed list of IIS 7.0 features available on these Editions.

Windows Server 2008 Editions

With Windows Server 2008, IIS 7.0 is ready for full deployment of web applications: All features, including remote administration are available, and of course there is no request execution limitation.

See the Feature Summary below for a detailed list of IIS 7 features available on these Editions.

IIS 7.0 Vista Edition Feature Matrix

Display Names / Hierarchy						Package Update Names	Server	Pro	Premium	Basic & Starter
Internet Information Services						IIS-WebServerRole	Available	Available	Available	Available
	World Wide Web Services					IIS-WebServer	Default	Default	Default	Default
		Common Http Features				IIS-CommonHttpFeatures	Default	Default	Default	Default
			Static Content			IIS-StaticContent	Default	Default	Default	N/A
			Default Document			IIS-DefaultDocument	Default	Default	Default	N/A
			Directory Browsing			IIS-DirectoryBrowsing	Default	Default	Default	N/A
			HTTP Errors			IIS-HttpErrors	Default	Default	Default	Default
			HTTP Redirection			IIS-HttpRedirect	Available	Available	Available	Available
		Application Development Features				IIS-ApplicationDevelopment	Available	Available	Available	Available
			ASP.NET			IIS-ASPNET	Available	Available	Available	N/A
			.NET Extensibility			IIS-NetFxExtensibility	Available	Available	Available	Available
			ASP			IIS-ASP	Available	Available	Available	N/A
			CGI			IIS-CGI	Available	Available	Available	N/A
			ISAPI Extensions			IIS-ISAPIExtensions	Available	Available	Available	N/A
			ISAPI Filters			IIS-ISAPIFilter	Available	Available	Available	N/A
			Server-Side Includes			IIS-ServerSideInclude	Available	Available	Available	N/A
		Health and Diagnostics				IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics	Default	Default	Default	Default
			HTTP Logging			IIS-HTTPLogging	Default	Default	Default	Default
			Logging Tools			IIS-LoggingLibraries	Available	Available	Available	Available
			Request Monitor			IIS-RequestMonitor	Default	Default	Default	Default
			Tracing			IIS-HttpTracing	Available	Available	Available	Available
			Custom Logging			IIS-CustomLogging	Available	Available	Available	N/A
			ODBC Logging			IIS-ODBCLogging	Available	Available	N/A	N/A
		Security				IIS-Security	Available	Available	Available	Available
			Basic Authentication			IIS-BasicAuthentication	Available	Available	Available	N/A
			Windows Authentication			IIS-WindowsAuthentication	Available	Available	N/A	N/A
			Digest Authentication			IIS-DigestAuthentication	Available	Available	N/A	N/A
			Client Certificate Mapping Authentication			IIS-ClientCertificateMappingAuthentication	Available	Available	N/A	N/A
			IIS Client Certificate Mapping Authentication			IIS-IISCertificateMappingAuthentication	Available	Available	N/A	N/A
			URL Authorization			IIS-URLAuthorization	Available	Available	Available	Available
			Request Filtering			IIS-RequestFiltering	Available	Available	Available	Available
			IP Security			IIS-IPSecurity	Available	Available	Available	Available
		Performance Features				IIS-Performance	Default	Default	Default	Available
			Static Content Compression			IIS-HttpCompressionStatic	Default	Default	Default	N/A
			Http Compression Dynamic			IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic	Available	Available	Available	Available
	Web Management Tools					IIS-WebServerManagementTools	Default	Default	Default	Default
			IIS Management Console			IIS-ManagementConsole	Default	Default	Default	N/A
			IIS Management Scripts and Tools			IIS-ManagementScriptingTools	Available	Available	Available	Available
			IIS Management Service			IIS-ManagementService	Available	Available	Available	N/A
			IIS 6 Management Compatibility			IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility	Available	Available	Available	Available
					IIS Metabase and IIS 6 compatibility	IIS-Metabase	Available	Available	Available	Available
					IIS 6 WMI Compatibility	IIS-WMICompatibility	Available	Available	Available	N/A
					IIS 6 Scripting Tools	IIS-LegacyScripts	Available	Available	Available	N/A
					IIS 6 Management Console	IIS-LegacySnapIn	Available	Available	Available	N/A
	FTP Publishing Service					IIS-FTPPublishingService	Available	Available	N/A	N/A
					FTP Server	IIS-FTPServer	Available	Available	N/A	N/A
					FTP Management Console	IIS-FTPManagement	Available	Available	N/A	N/A
Windows Activation Service						WAS-WindowsActivationService	Available	Available	Available	Available
				Process Model		WAS-ProcessModel	Default	Default	Default	Default
				.NET Environment		WAS-NetFxEnvironment	Available	Available	Available	Available
				Configuration APIs		WAS-ConfigurationAPI	Available	Available	Available	Available
Request Execution Limit							Unlimited	10	3	3

Summary

In this article we examined the differences in IIS 7.0 across the Windows Vista and Server 2008 Editions.

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