White paper: Using HTTP Compression with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0
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The information provided in this article applies to Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services 2.0 only.
This white paper is designed to present an understanding of HTTP compression, which is a feature of Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 that can lower your bandwidth costs, improve performance, and reduce the time required to render Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Web site pages.
HTTP compression can be enabled for the entire server (global) or for specific virtual servers, and for specific file types. You can also configure the extent to which you want to compress certain types of files; this is referred to as compression level.
HTTP compression is compatible with any Web browser or client application that supports HTTP/1.1 (most current Web browsers support HTTP/1.1). Users do not need to configure their browser to enable HTTP compression; it only needs to be enabled on the Web server.
This document covers the following topics:
Advantages of HTTP compression
How HTTP compression works
Before enabling HTTP compression
Enabling HTTP compression
Specifying the file types to compress
Changing the compression level
Enumerating the current settings for HTTP compression
Additional resources
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Using HTTP Compression with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 2.0