Checklist: Configuring Internet Information Services
This topic lists steps that should be followed when preparing Internet Information Services (IIS) for use in a production BizTalk Server environment.
Set up IIS to publish BizTalk Server Web services and WCF services. For more information, go to:
Verify that BizTalk Server Web services and WCF services are working correctly. For more information, go to:
Lock down BizTalk Server Web services:
- Turn off the Debug switch in the web.config or machine.config file.
- Configure so that POST is the only verb allowed.
For more information, go to:
Configure load balancing by using NLB (or other load balancer) to balance load across BizTalk Server Web services and WCF services.
Change IIS and ASP.NET settings for tuning Web services. ASP.NET 2.0 includes auto-tuning, so modifying these settings should not be needed for the web.config file of ASP.NET 2.0 Web sites where autoConfig is enabled in the
<processModel>section.autoConfig=trueis the default setting.Review the "ASP.NET settings that can impact HTTP or SOAP Adapter performance” section in Configuration Parameters that Affect Adapter Performance.
Implement an approach for publishing BizTalk Server Web services and WCF services. For more information, go to:
Follow best practices for optimizing IIS performance. For more information, go to Tuning IIS 10.0
Follow best practices for writing high performance web applications for IIS. For more information, go to 10 Tips for Writing High-Performance Web Applications.