Dec 13, 2006
I thought I would take a moment today and re-invigorate a passion I have had for quite some time and that is blogging. I apologize in advance for the incredible gap between this post and my last and certainly want to ensure you that I will try and avoid...
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Tags: TeachLearn
Nov 14, 2006
IIS SubAuthentication - Magic? You bet it is... For many years, IIS administrators didn't have the first clue what the IIS sub-authenticator was more less how it worked. It wasn't until the security PM ( http://iisgeek.no-ip.com/ ) sat down and really...
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Tags: IIS News ItemAuthenticationSubAuthIIS6
Nov 14, 2006
I recently received from a IIS administrator a message which posed a very good question. He asked, I develop a ASP.Net application that I “zip” into a single .msi to deploy to a web application server. I have 2 websites defined, each using a unique host...
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Tags: IIS6DeploymentsMSI
Nov 14, 2006
We recently got a pretty typical question around ASP.NET’s 2.0 release and its influence on IIS installations using ASP.NET 1.1. The first thing you will notice when you have a failure that is caused by mismatches… The question is: In testing ASP.NET...
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Tags: IIS6MultiVersionASP.NET
Nov 14, 2006
A question was asked — Why does Microsoft still force customers to install as the webroot to the system partition (i.e. C:\inetpub) when all security-related documentation advises to not do this? I casually grinned, then openly smiled and said…”just because...
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Tags: unattendedwebrootiisinetpub
Nov 14, 2006
It was my desire to write a blog at 35,000 feet once I determined that internet was available on my flight from Seattle to Copenhagen last Saturday. It didn’t work out as it seems that we had too much “demand” for the internet and my connection was absolutely...
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Nov 14, 2006
On Thursday, July 14th, 2005 I admittingly hurried together a presentation termed “IIS 6.0 Tracing: Inside and Out.” However, I had everything put together just right to hit a home run in this webcast until “production” came about. No one out there ever...
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Nov 14, 2006
They say that you can’t teach “old” dogs new tricks but that certainly is the oldest myth in the business. There are individuals out there that has been breathing IIS inside and out longer than I, but there aren’t many. You can’t deny the simple fact...
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Nov 14, 2006
The field (Julian) dropped a best practice off that was directly from a customer. This is often the types of questions we get from customers and I kinda liked Julian's response...If there is no clear answer, shower them with options - right? We have a...
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Oct 10, 2006
Man, I tell ya...The past few months I have had the honor to work closer than ever with a true, unbelieveably talented designer . When I took ownership of the IIS.NET project (not from someone, but instead from ground zero) the first thing I started doing...
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Sep 20, 2006
Introduction We can't be perfect, but we sure can try. Jaro made a design decision when making Trace Diagnostics' Request Viewer that has caused some folks issues that we have gotten mail on. It was a honest mistake that Jaro or I ever took into consideration...
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Tags: IIS6TraceDiagRequestViewer
Sep 18, 2006
Introduction Trace Diagnostics 1.0 is a pretty useful, yet undiscovered, utility that ships as part of the IIS Diagnostics Toolkit. It was a grass-roots type of tool that came about for various reasons, one of which was political and another because of...
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Sep 13, 2006
I delivered a presentation during the IIS Webcast Series regarding Server Performance Advisor 2.0 & IIS 6.0 . There was one simple scenario whereby I demonstrated how Server Performance Advisor 2.0 would locate and indicate to a IT Professional and...
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Sep 07, 2006
Introduction A recent question came across our "desk" today that I thought was an interesting point that many of you might be interested in. The question - "We are running out of disk space on our content drive and want to rectify the problem...
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Sep 06, 2006
Introduction So, I am not one that likes to draw attention to what items I am responsible for in my day-to-day job here at Microsoft. My career thus far has taken me all over the place and I am finding that more and more each day I learn (and get more...
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