IIS 7.0

A terrible presentation, both because of the presenter (the Product Manager for IIS) and because some of the demo's didn't work - and that was just before the slide with the message "Everything will just work" was shown ;-) how funny!!

They are aiming at a unified core for IIS/ASP.NET and Indigo

IIS7.0 looks good though

Configuration via XML files, similar to .NET
Auto updates as soon as the file is committed
new UI for managing your sites, either locally or remote (looked good)
Modular - you can include/exclude modules (which map on to features) and so you can reduce the 'attack surface' and 'footprint' size. very cool
Modules can be written in native or managed code
A whole load are provided out of the box. i.e. StaticContentModule, DirectoryBrowsing etc
Allows tighter integration with ASP.NET i.e. Authorisation using ASP.NET Forms Authentication

Improved Diagnostic support via
- API for real-time server state
- API to allow you to modify the server state, no-reboots

IIS7 security improved via
- reduced attack surface
- rich delegation features
- request filtering built-in

Compatibility - should be compatible with
- ISAPI files and extensions
- ADSI/WMI config scripts
- ASP.NET 1.1 & 2.0