Deploying Silverlight 2 on IIS

Silverlight 2 deployment on IIS 5.1 or 6 requires the addition of 2 MIME types in the web server’s configuration:

• .xap application/x-silverlight-app
• .xaml application/xaml+xml

Adding them to IIS is easy:

1. Right click on the website and select “Properties”
   
2. Choose the HTTP Headers tab.
   
   
3. Click the “File Types…” button.
   (It is labeled “Mime Types…” in IIS v6.0)
   
   
4. Add the types.