How to enable IIS compression for WCF services?

Question

I currently use a custom gzip encoder for my WCF service. I want to replace it with the built-in IIS 7 compression if that is possible. I can\'t find info online on how to t

Answer 1

It seems you can enable Dynamic Compression in IIS via the GUI or CLI.

This article shows you both ways:

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/EnablingDynamicCompressionGzipDeflateForWCFDataFeedsODataAndOtherCustomServicesInIIS7.aspx

I found the GUI way easy. The article shows you how to confirm it is working with Fiddler.

Cheers!