How do I compress a Json result from ASP.NET MVC with IIS 7.5

Question

I\'m having difficulty making IIS 7 correctly compress a Json result from ASP.NET MVC. I\'ve enabled static and dynamic compression in IIS. I can verify with Fiddler that normal

Answer 1

Make sure your %WinDir%\System32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config contains these:

From the link of @AtanasKorchev.

As @simon_weaver said in the comments, you might be editing the wrong file with a 32 bit editor on a 64 bit Windows, use notepad.exe to make sure this file is indeed modified.