Microsoft KB Archive/241428

= HTTP Compression Does Not Compress Office Documents =

Article ID: 241428

Article Last Modified on 12/3/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0
 * Microsoft Internet Information Services 6.0

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This article was previously published under Q241428



SYMPTOMS
HTTP Compression in Internet Information Services (IIS) does not compress Microsoft Office documents.



CAUSE
By default, HTTP Compression for static documents is configured to only compress files with the following extensions:

.htm

.html

.txt



RESOLUTION
HTTP Compression can be configured to include additional document types by modifying the metabase settings for the HTTP Compression filter using ADSI scripts or similar tools. More details are outlined in the following Knowledge Base article:

234497 How to Specify Additional Document Types for HTTP Compression

Additional query words: iis 5 iis5 iis 6 iis 6.0 iis6 gzip deflate .doc .xls .ppt msoffice

Keywords: kbprb kbpending KB241428

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