ASP.NET performance: what to keep in mind

(ASP).NET programmers have to keep certain rules in mind when developing high performance ASP.NET applications, and/or optimizing your existing ASP.NET website. A lot of information is available on this subject. In this post I'll share some valuable posts, and I continue to update this post when I find something new. Posts about ASP.NET performance I frequently pass on to customers so they can improve their ASP.NET web applications.

Convert .htaccess to web.config

This post describes some of the IIS URL Rewrite Module web.config equivalents of commonly used Apache .htaccess settings. This is useful when you convert your Apache .htaccess to IIS web.config. The second part of this post outlines how to use Internet Information Services Manager to import and convert .htaccess rules to web.config.

PHP with WinCache on IIS

Learn how to install PHP on Windows Server IIS. With Windows Cache Extension for PHP (WinCache) and a custom php.ini path. WinCache enabled PHP gives you great performance for WordPress, Drupal and Joomla websites, and decreases CPU usage. A custom php.ini file path offers more flexibility.
IIS Length of URL for request exceeds maxUrlLength value

"The length of the URL for this request exceeds the configured maxUrlLength value"

Increase max URL length value in Windows Server IIS to resolve the .NET error message "The length of the URL for this request exceeds the configured maxUrlLength value". The maximum URL length is defined by the HttpRuntimeSection.MaxUrlLength property. Its value is 260 characters. This may cause problems with longer than configured maxUrlLength URL’s.
IIS 10 Module Mappings for *.php handler

PHP on IIS: No input file specified.

Here is how to resolve the no input file specified error with PHP and IIS. When you host your PHP website on Windows Server IIS, you may receive an "No input file specified" error message, when a HTTP request is made to non-existing .php files. When this happens you probably have no Request Restrictions configured in IIS' PHP handler set