The software giant has backed claims the next release of its Web server will integrate development technologies and modularise many core features.
In a statement this morning, Microsoft confirmed a number of new features in version 7 of Internet Information Services (IIS7), due out in early 2006 with its next-generation operating system Longhorn. The details had been previously outlined this week on the blogs of some of its key industry partners.
The company said IIS7 would create "a single development and administrative experience" for distributed applications. ZDNet Australia understands this refers to the integration of the ASP.NET development technologies into IIS.
In addition, "a new task-based administration tool" will be available, along with "improved command-line scripting" and better diagnostics tools that would administrators to track down the culprits behind poor performance on their servers.
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