Example ASP Side-by-Side Configuration in Windows Server 2008 R2 and IIS 7.5

How to configure side-by-side for ASP in IIS 7.5

Here we configure the Examples/iis6/sxs1 ASP application to use side-by-side isolation in IIS 7.5 (Windows Server 2008 R2). The same procedure applies to Windows 7.

Create a new application pool, for example AspApplicationPool. We used a 32-bit application on a 64-bit 2008 Server so we also needed to configure this application pool to support 32-bit applications:

Copy the entire Examples/iis6/sxs1 folder to your 2008 R2 server. We used C:\inetpub\aspSxSexample folder as target:

Directory of C:\inetpub\aspSxSexample

03/13/2010 03:57 AM <DIR> .
03/13/2010 03:57 AM <DIR> ..
03/01/2010 03:57 AM 777 a.a.a.manifest
03/01/2010 03:57 AM 489 default.asp
03/01/2010 03:57 AM <DIR> Maze.IIS6 Test.1
03/01/2010 03:57 AM <DIR> Maze.IIS6 Test.2
2 File(s) 1,266 bytes

Create a web application in the above folder, for example aspSxSexample. Assign the application to the above application pool:
Open ASP settings by clicking the ASP icon in application features:
Set the options Enable Side by Side Component to True and Side by Side Component to a.a.a.manifest as shown here:
Apply the changes by clicking the Apply button in the right pane.

We are now ready to test the application. Run a web browser and open the new application's URL:

asp test

If you go back to the ASP settings and turn off side-by-side the page reports:

asp test

Click here to go back to the IIS 7 configuration topic.