IIS 6.0 Compression with Windows Server 2003: Do More with Less

Get faster sites without server performance impacts—IIS 6.0 compression means good news for your customers and users of your Web sites, intranets, and Web-based applications.

Web application performance is a key factor in user experience, conversion, and retention. Check your site's potential speed improvement with this real-time Compression Check tool provided by Port80 Software.

Reduce total response time per page request—a big win for everyone. On average, using HTTP compression helps end users experience a 50% reduction in download time.

HTTP compression safely reduces the size of files sent from your Web server to the Web browser by an average of 30 to 50 percent—a dramatic decrease in bandwidth.

Using IIS 6.0 compression, engineers running http://www.microsoft.com compressed the home page from 91K to 32K, for a significant savings in monthly bandwidth charges.

Check your bandwidth savings in detail with this online Bandwidth Savings Calculator provided by Port80 Software.

Reduce bandwidth by enabling compression, and serve more users with the same hardware.

Delay or eliminate the need to add more Web servers by enabling IIS 6.0 compression, even when your site gets more traffic.

Management code for compression is now part of core IIS 6.0 Web server for speed and stability. In IIS 4 and IIS 5, compression was an Internet server application program interface (ISAPI) filter with limitations.

Server-side compatibility issues are resolved.

Granular compression allows turning compression on/off at the global, site, folder, and file levels.

Granular management of IIS 6.0 compression at the global, site, directory, and file levels—all without writing a single line of code or editing the IIS metabase.

Time-saving configuration for all static and dynamic files, with a configuration wizard that guides you through IIS 6.0 compression deployment in just a few minutes.