IIS 2009 Timeline

2009 was a busy year for Windows and Internet Information Services (IIS), here are some selected highlights.

• Nov 2009 - IIS SEO Tool Kit released– Making it easier to optimize your Website for search engines. For IIS 7.
• Nov 2009 - IIS Application Request Router 2 released – A powerful module that provides routing and load balancing capabilities for Windows and IIS. For IIS 7.
• Nov 2009 – URL Rewrite Module v2 released - Microsoft URL Rewrite Module 2.0 for IIS 7 is an incremental release that includes all the features from version 1.1, and adds support for outbound response headers and content rewriting.
• Oct 2009 - IIS 7.5 Launched with Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2
• Oct 2009 – IIS Media Services 3.0 released - A set of extensions for Internet Information Services 7 (IIS) that provide an integrated HTTP-based media delivery platform.
• Sept 2009 - Microsoft reports attacks using IIS vulnerability.
• Aug 2009 - Microsoft investigates newly reported IIS flaw.
• June 2009 – Microsoft issues patches, including one for IE exploit.
• May 2009 - Attackers exploit IIS hole to breach university server.

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