How to Install NGINX on Windows Server 2022 NGINX has a native Windows port that runs as a standard Windows process. While NGINX on Windows has notable limitations compared to its Linux counterpart, it is a capable web server and reverse proxy for development environments, internal tooling, and scenarios where a lightweight HTTP server is […]
How to Set Up FTP Server with IIS on Windows Server 2022 IIS on Windows Server 2022 includes a fully featured FTP server that supports both plain FTP and FTP over TLS (FTPS). The IIS FTP server integrates with Windows authentication, IIS authorization rules, and the WebAdministration PowerShell module, making it straightforward to manage via […]
How to Install and Configure Web Application Proxy on Windows Server 2022 Web Application Proxy (WAP) is a remote access role service in Windows Server 2022 that functions as a reverse proxy, allowing external clients to securely access internal web applications without a traditional VPN. WAP integrates deeply with Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) […]
How to Configure IIS Logging and Request Tracing on Windows Server 2022 IIS on Windows Server 2022 provides robust logging and diagnostic capabilities that are critical for monitoring traffic, debugging application errors, and meeting compliance requirements. This guide covers every aspect of IIS logging — choosing the right log format, customizing fields, controlling file rotation, […]
How to Set Up WebDAV in IIS on Windows Server 2022 WebDAV (Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning) extends HTTP to allow clients to read and write files on a remote web server. On Windows Server 2022 with IIS, WebDAV is a built-in feature that integrates tightly with NTFS permissions, IIS authentication, and SSL. This guide […]
Why IIS Security Hardening Matters A default IIS installation on Windows Server 2022 is functional but not fully hardened. Out of the box, IIS reveals version information in response headers, serves directory listings for unconfigured virtual directories, may support legacy TLS versions, and lacks the HTTP security headers that modern browsers rely on to prevent […]
HTTP/2 Overview and Benefits HTTP/2, standardized in RFC 7540 (2015), is a major revision of the HTTP protocol designed to address the head-of-line blocking and overhead problems inherent in HTTP/1.1. Its key features — multiplexing, header compression (HPACK), server push, and binary framing — dramatically improve page load performance, particularly for resource-heavy applications that previously […]
What Is an IIS Application Pool? An application pool in IIS is an isolated worker process environment that hosts one or more web applications. Each application pool runs as one or more instances of w3wp.exe (the IIS worker process). Application pools provide process isolation: if one application crashes or consumes excessive memory, it does not […]
What Is Application Request Routing? Application Request Routing (ARR) is a Microsoft IIS extension that turns a Windows Server 2022 machine into a capable HTTP load balancer and reverse proxy. It works in conjunction with the URL Rewrite Module to intercept requests, evaluate server farm configurations, and forward traffic to one or more backend servers. […]
Introduction to IIS URL Rewrite Module The IIS URL Rewrite Module is one of the most powerful extensions available for Internet Information Services on Windows Server 2022. It allows administrators and developers to define rules that transform incoming URLs before IIS processes them, enabling clean URLs, canonical redirects, protocol enforcement, and complex routing logic — […]
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