The FastCGI Extension for IIS 6.0 enables popular application frameworks that support FastCGI protocol to be hosted on the IIS web server in a high-performance and reliable way. FastCGI provides a high-performance alternative to the Common Gateway Interface (CGI), a standard way of interfacing external applications with Web servers that has been supported as part of the IIS feature-set since the very first release.

You can use Debugging Tools for Windows to debug drivers, applications, and services on systems running Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server codename "Longhorn," as well as for debugging the operating system itself. Versions of the Debugging Tools for Windows package are available for 32-bit x86, native Intel Itanium, and native x64 platforms.

This Visual Studio Content Installer contains a project template for building your first IIS7 Module using the .NET Framework. It contains a readme.htm file to help guide you step-by-step through the development and testing process.

To extend the server, IIS7 provides a new (C++) native core server API, which replaces ISAPI filter and extension API from previous IIS releases. The new API features object-oriented development with an intuitive object model, provides more control over request processing, and uses simpler design patterns to help you write robust code. Please visit Developing a Native Module for IIS7 for more information about this sample. NOTE: The IIS7 native (C++) server API is declared in the Platform SDK httpserv.h header file.