Multiple IIS Sites in XP pro Cris Barbero

As an ASP.Net webdeveloper, one of the most annoying aspects of my job relates to finding and fixing bugs related to inconsistencies between my development platform and my production web server platforms. One of the most basic differences is the fact that on XP pro I can only have 1 website configured under IIS. This means that every website I work on locally has to be mapped to a distinct virtual directory under the default web site in IIS.

Luckily, the small windows application XP Pro IIS Admin that man handles IIS into allowing multiple sites to be setup and configured in XP pro. You can still only have one site running at time, but it is a simple matter of switching between them. The best thing about this app is that it is totally free. I highly recommend it to anyone developing on a windows machine with the built in stripped down version of IIS.

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