iis 7 - Setting the gzip compression in asp.net

Question

Is there a way to set the gzip compression at the web.config level or can I only do this in the IIS management console?

Answer 1

Here try this: Sped my site up by about 400% percent. Worked on first try.

Activate GZip with web.config

<system.webServer>
  <httpCompression directory="%SystemDrive%inetpub
tempIIS Temporary Compressed Files">
    <scheme name="gzip" dll="%Windir%system32inetsrvgzip.dll"/>
    <dynamicTypes>
      <add mimeType="text/*" enabled="true"/>
      <add mimeType="message/*" enabled="true"/>
      <add mimeType="application/javascript" enabled="true"/>
      <add mimeType="*/*" enabled="false"/>
    </dynamicTypes>
    <staticTypes>
      <add mimeType="text/*" enabled="true"/>
      <add mimeType="message/*" enabled="true"/>
      <add mimeType="application/javascript" enabled="true"/>
      <add mimeType="*/*" enabled="false"/>
    </staticTypes>
  </httpCompression>
  <urlCompression doStaticCompression="true" doDynamicCompression="true"/>
</system.webServer>