title: Difference between IIS Redirect and Rewrite (in relation to redirecting)
body: <p>The question may sound odd, but given an <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kaushal/archive/2013/05/23/http-to-https-redirects-on-iis-7-x-and-higher.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">article</a>, it is definitely possible to use the rewrite module to perform redirects just as with the redirect module. Both are able to issue a permanent redirect (301).</p>
  
  <p>There is a <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/90112/iis-url-rewriting-vs-url-routing/275043#275043">question</a> asking for the difference, but it talks about the rewrite module being used to purely <em>rewrite</em> not <em>redirect</em>. Another <a href="http://forums.iis.net/t/1174487.aspx?How+does+URL+Rewrite+differ+from+HTTP+Redirect+" rel="nofollow noreferrer">post</a> makes this clear, but doesn't seem to get an adequate answer.</p>
  
  <p>Hence, my question: What's the difference between these modules? Which is preferred over the other when it comes to redirects?</p>