Windows Server AppFabric core components

This section is split into two key topics—Application-server hosting and monitoring, and distributed cache.

Application-server hosting and monitoring

Windows Server AppFabric is a set of integrated technologies that makes it easier to build, scale, and manage web and composite applications that run on IIS. As outlined before, this adds key features in five areas. The following diagram gives a visual view of these outlined enhancements:

Details on each of these are further outlined.

Control

Windows Server AppFabric adds plug-ins into IIS to allow for control of WCF and WF applications in the same way as one controls websites today. With these controls, the following tasks are now easily exposed:

• Importing and exporting an application

• Stopping and restarting an application

• Turning the tracking on and off

• Setting up custom tracking profiles

Scripting

Windows Server AppFabric allows PowerShell integration of all commands seen in the UI. This is perfect for...