IIS7 and Web Service extensions

[Musou12]

I have been given the task of building out a web server on a windows server 2008 64 bit box. When I went to configure the web service extensions to my great surprise I could not find the option to do so. When I did some research I found the following:

"On systems with IIS 7, Web service extensions require that the IIS Metabase and IIS 6 Configuration Compatibility feature be installed. If it is not installed, the installation’s log file may show error -2147467259 to inform you that this feature may be required."

I am trying to confirm that is in fact the case and web service extensions require a compat feature install.

Thanks to all that read!

Sincerely,

Wishing this was windows server 2003 still

 

[jshurst]

I can't confirm that, but it doesn't suprise me. Not much is enabled on Server 2K8 by default. Also, if you're going to be hosting WCF services you're going to need to do an additional step and register it. Not sure if this will allow you to host .asmx services after you do this or not (WCF have an .svc extension).

"%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.0\Windows Communication Foundation\ServiceModelReg.exe" -r -y

Regards,

J

 

[MasterRacker]

When you added the Web Server role at installation you didn't also add the IIS 6 components. You need to add the components through Server Manager:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397374(EXCHG.80).aspx

(Refers to Exchange, but it's the same issue.)

Jeff
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