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Two Types of Agents for Internet Information Services (IIS) Web Servers

SiteMinder r12.0 SP3 now offers the following types of Agents for Internet Information Services (IIS) web servers:

SiteMinder Agent for IIS

A SiteMinder Web Agent for IIS implemented as an ISAPI plug-in and a native HTTP module that supports the following functions:

• Application pools using Integrated or Classic pipeline mode.
• Application pools that are configured with the Enable 32-bit applications option.
• The optional IIS Application Request Routing (ARR) feature.
• Supported with IIS 7.0 and 7.5, including IIS clusters and shared configuration deployments.

SiteMinder Web Agent

A SiteMinder Web Agent implemented as an ISAPI plug-in that supports the following functions:

• Application pools in Classic pipeline mode only.
• Supported with IIS 6.0, 7.0 and 7.5 standalone deployments only.