ASP.NET Development Server or Localhost IIS?

Question

Currently our dev team set up all the websites they\'re working on in IIS on their local machine. We\'re thinking of switching to using the built in ASP.NET development serv

Answer 1

I have run into the following limitations with the asp.net dev server:

1. does not support virtual dirs. If you need them in your app, IIS seems to be your only choice

2. Classic asp pages dont run in dev server. So if you have a mixed web app (like I have at my client right now), IIS seems to be the solution

3. If you need an admin UI to configure settings, IIS works better

Of course IIS requires that you be a local admin.