Simple HTTP Redirect with Querystring in IIS7

HTTP Redirect seems simple enough. Always was in IIS6 and in IIS7 there's even a button labeled HTTP Redirect that promises relative redirects.  It looks like it'll be as easy Apache finally.  That is until you try to redirect a querystring.  Then everything bombs.

Turns out it still is relatively easy, except you have to know that Microsoft changed $S$Q to $V$Q. Why? $Ss and $Gs I suspect.

And How.
In our example we'll redirect all pages under http://olddomain.com/content to http://mydomain.com/content.

1. Pick the virtual directory you want to redirect. e.g. http://olddomain.com/content
2. Click HTTP Redirect under IIS in the IIS management console.
3. In the HTTP Redirect Dialog:



• Check Redirect requests to this destination
• Enter your new path ending with $V$Q.  e.g. http://mydomain.com$V$Q
• Counter-intuitively check Redirect all request to exact destination (instead of relative destination)
• Choose the appropriate Status Code (Permanent or Temporary)
4. Apply Changes and Test