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Most of the developers i work with test their web apps by running them from visual studio, and use the built in web server of VS to display the pages. My question is when these apps are deployed to a IIS server would they behave any differently?

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  • Duplicate of: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/103785/what-are-the-disadvantages-of-using-cassini-instead-of-iis – JoshBerke Jan 15 '09 at 20:04
  • Thanks Josh, I am closing this question as a duplicate – Developer Jan 15 '09 at 20:07
  • Another one which helps highlight differences: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/282805/asp-net-development-server-simulates-iis6-or-iis7 – JoshBerke Jan 15 '09 at 20:07
  • No problem nick thanks for closing, and for asking cause I've always wondered about this myself specifically how it differs from IIS7;-) – JoshBerke Jan 15 '09 at 20:08
  • @Josh - Thanks for the IIS 6 vs 7 link ! i was looking for an answer to that as well – Developer Jan 15 '09 at 20:12

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One area where your app may behave differently is in the area of security. Because the built in web server is effectively running under your identity (i.e. you could be running as an admin user), when you deploy into a production environment life for your app may be very different.

See this article by Dominick Baier:

http://www.leastprivilege.com/CassiniConsideredHarmful.aspx

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