INFO: How to Configure Quality of Service (QoS) in IIS 6.0

This article outlines important information about how to configure Quality of Service (QoS) in Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0. In Microsoft Windows, QoS is a set of service requirements that the network should meet to make sure that there is a satisfactory service level for data transmission. The links provided in the "More Information" section direct you to the online documentation for IIS 6.0. The IIS 6.0 documentation is also available through IIS Manager. For additional information about how to access this Help feature through IIS Manager, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

For more information about how to configure QoS in IIS 6.0, visit the following Microsoft Web sites :

• Limiting Connections
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/b2b550de-f655-4fb6-9bed-dfc9583b6700.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/b2b550de-f655-4fb6-9bed-dfc9583b6700.mspx)
  
• Setting Connection Timeouts
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/44ebc761-ac76-4b44-8894-551c9315af6c.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/44ebc761-ac76-4b44-8894-551c9315af6c.mspx)
  
• Utilizing HTTP Compression
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/d52ff289-94d3-4085-bc4e-24eb4f312e0e.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/d52ff289-94d3-4085-bc4e-24eb4f312e0e.mspx)
  
• Throttling Bandwidth
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/8af07c87-6dfc-44c6-873a-70f4d8e119aa.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/8af07c87-6dfc-44c6-873a-70f4d8e119aa.mspx)
• (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/8af07c87-6dfc-44c6-873a-70f4d8e119aa.mspx)
  
• Enabling HTTP Keep-Alives
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/d7e13ea5-4350-497e-ba34-b25c0e9efd68.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/d7e13ea5-4350-497e-ba34-b25c0e9efd68.mspx)
  
• Enabling CPU Monitoring
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/38fb0130-b14b-48d5-a0a2-05ca131cf4f2.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/38fb0130-b14b-48d5-a0a2-05ca131cf4f2.mspx)
  
• Configuring Application Pool Queue Length Limits
  http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/21a8be6f-69ef-4701-9d2d-0119c8b81289.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/21a8be6f-69ef-4701-9d2d-0119c8b81289.mspx)

For additional information about IIS 6.0, visit the following Microsoft Web site: