WordPress File Upload "Crunching" Solution (Windows Server)

I recently experienced the WordPress Media Library “crunching” problem that has already been discussed and addressed many times on this forum. The typical solution is to increase the “post_max_size” and “upload_max_filesize” found in the site’s PHP.ini file, but in my case I had to take things even one step further. My installation is running on a Windows Server and by default IIS7 also has a security limitation on the file upload size (around 28.6 MB). To correct the problem, I added a request filter to my website’s web.config file and specified the maxAllowedContentLength value (in bytes). For example:

<system.webServer>
  <security>
    <requestFiltering>
      <requestLimits maxAllowedContentLength="157286400" />
    </requestFiltering>
  </security>
</system.webServer>

I didn’t see this solution posted in the forum so I submitted it hoping to help someone else.