URL Rewrite also supports Failed Request Tracing for enhanced troubleshooting of application logic execution. In addition, URL Rewrite supports both user-mode and kernel-mode caching for faster performance. URL Rewrite is tightly integrated with IIS Manager for better management. Seamless integration with existing IIS features that improve management, performance, and troubleshooting URL Rewrite makes things easier for outbound response content and headers rewriting with outbound rewrite rules that work with HTTP request and response headers and with IIS server variables. Links can be modified in the HTML markup generated by a Web application behind a reverse proxy. URL Rewrite permits Web administrators to easily replace the URLs generated by a Web application in the response HTML with a more user friendly and search engine friendly equivalent. Easily replace Web application URLs to produce user and search engine friendly results

URL Rewrite further simplifies the rule creation process with support for content rewriting, rule templates, rewrite maps, rule validation, and import of existing mod_rewrite rules.

Rules can be written to generate URLs that can be easier for users to remember, simple for search engines to index, and allow URLs to follow a consistent and canonical host name format. NET, regular expression pattern matching, and wildcard mapping to examine information in both URLs and other HTTP headers and IIS server variables. URL Rewrite allows Web administrators to easily build powerful rules using rewrite providers written in. Define powerful rules to transform complex URLs into simple and consistent Web addresses In addition, Web administrators can perform redirects, send custom responses, or stop HTTP requests based on the logic expressed in the rewrite rules.

NET providers, and other functionality integrated into IIS Manager, Web administrators can easily set up rules to define URL rewriting behavior based on HTTP headers, HTTP response or request headers, IIS server variables, and even complex programmatic rules. IIS URL Rewrite 2.1 enables Web administrators to create powerful rules to implement URLs that are easier for users to remember and easier for search engines to find.

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