Search engine optimization with WordPress and IIS6, how to get permalinks to work without Apache

We are big fans of wordpress and would like to share some of our own research to help others with similar issues.  It really sucks that WordPress by default doesn’t work with php/IIS installs.  One would ask why not just switch to Apache?  Because it can’t run ASP.NET, that’s why.  Rather than dedicate an apache box just to gain a blog site with search engine optimized URLs, lets just get it to …