In IIS 7 / 7.5, you have an option to create a Virtual Directory and Applications. What is a Virtual Directory? Virtual Directory is a directory that is mapped to a local physical directory or a directory on a remote server. A Virtual Directory will have it's code executed in the same worker process as the parent process. The application pool of the Web Site and Virtual Directory is the same. What is an Application? An Application is identical to the Virtual D... [More]

In IIS 7 / 7.5 you now have an option to view all the Virtual Directories or Applications in your website. By default in Content View, you see all the Files, Folders, Virtual Directories and Applications in your website. If you have lots of Applications / Virtual Directories in your website, you now have the option to sort your view. Open IIS Manager Click on the Web Site (Default Web Site in our case) In Actions pane, click View Applications to see all the applications in your websi... [More]