ASP.Net MVC is finally available as version 1. I have been waiting for an official release before I try to start using it. At the moment I have a dedicated web server which I have complete access to via remote desktop. It is running Win 2003 Server with IIS6 (I think it is IIS6, they don’t print the version in the Help -> About but a bit of research says that IIS6 is the standard on Win 2003 Server) and .Net 2.0.
Obviously I will need to upgrade the framework to .Net 3.0. But after that, should everything else work? I thought I saw somewhere that .Net 3.0 insists on IIS7. If that is true is IIS7 compatible with Windows 2003 Server?
Also any literature you can point me to or any tips on making the upgrade/transition?
EDIT: Sorry too excited guys. Yes I meant .Net 3.5. 😀
EDIT: LAST QUESTION: Someone mentioned a routing problem. I remember reading that somewhere but can’t quite remember. My project relies heavily on a good Google Ranking and I don’t want to sacrifice page rank because of a routing problem. Will I still be able to get around it with IIS6? Thanks again. 😀
You’ll need .NET Framework 3.5, not 3.0. Better be SP1. There’ll be no problems with that setup. Make sure your read http://haacked.com/archive/2008/11/26/asp.net-mvc-on-iis-6-walkthrough.aspx
By the way, IIS7 cannot be installed on Windows Server 2003. ASP.NET MVC and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 do not rely on any IIS7 specific features.