Moving IIS7 url rewrite section out of the web.config file

Question

I have made a config section in my web.config file that has all rewrite rules like the following

        
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Answer 1

You can split your configuration into several files and include the parts into the main web.config file using the configSource attribute, e.g:

web.config:

  <system.web>
    ...
    <profile configSource="profile.config" />
    ...
  </system.web>

profile.config:

<profile>
  <properties>
    <add name="Name" type="String" />
    <add name="Age" type="Int32" />
  </properties>
</profile>

See this blog post or this question for more information.