This article provides an overview of the URL Rewrite Module and explains the configuration concepts that are used by the module.
The URL Rewrite Module rewrites request URLs to simple, user-friendly, and search-engine friendly addresses that are displayed to users or in Web applications. URL Rewrite uses defined rules to evaluate and then map the request URL to the address defined in the rule before it is processed by an IIS Web server. You can define URL rewriting logic that includes regular expressions and wildcards, and rules can be applied based on the request URL, HTTP headers, and server variables. While the primary purpose of the module is to rewrite request URLs to more friendly URLs, you can also use the module to define rules that perform redirects, send custom responses, or abort requests.
A rewrite rule defines the logic of what to compare or match the request URL with, and what to do if the comparison is successful.
Rewrite rules can be defined in two...