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:

  • Enabling Web Services
  • Configuring IIS for the Isolated WCF Receive Adapters

• Verify that BizTalk Server Web services and WCF services are working correctly. For more information, go to:

  • Testing Published Web Services
  • How to Create a .NET Application to Test a WCF Service Published with the BizTalk WCF Service Publishing Wizard

• 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:

  • Secure applications that are built on the .NET Framework
  • ASP.NET Edit Rule Dialog Box

• 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=true is 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:

  • Publishing Internet-facing Web Services and WCF Services
  • Publishing WCF Services

• 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.

In This Section

• Publishing Internet-facing Web Services and WCF Services