Allowing creation/modification of virtual aliases using web.config

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Published on 2009-11-04T21:48:38Z Indexed on 2010/03/11 20:05 UTC
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Hi,

I've been given a problem to fix, and I initially thought of .htaccess files, except for one thing, I quickly realized it's an IIS server. Is it possible to allow a webmaster the ability to modify the virtual directories using web.config files in the same way you can using .htaccess files? If so, any ideas on where I can find details on how this is done that I can communicate with the end client? We want to be able to do this without having to provide access to the IIS console to the webmaster.

An example of the desired change is:

http://FQDN/Careers/Careers.aspx?locale=en-ca&uid=Careers

have http:FQDN/careers point to the above, but modified/added/removed by the end user using web.config

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