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Ever get too Busy? Take the time...Learn

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...

The sparkle of IISSuba...(oh, that is the IIS Sub Authenticator for those that don't know it)

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...

Deploying applications via MSI to IIS Servers

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...

ASP.NET 2.0, 1.1 Sharing Environments: Careful with your web.configs

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...

Timeless Question about Installing IIS on a Non-System partition

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...

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 AND IIS 6.0: Host Headers and SSL

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...

Tracing in IIS 6.0 and Windows Server 2003 SP 1

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...

IIS 6.0 Compression

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...

IIS Best Practices: From the field...

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...

Web Design, Photoshop, and talent...Ship It!

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...

Trace Diagnostics Known Bugs & How to Fix 'Em

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...

What is Trace Diagnostics 1.0? Why you should care? How useful it *just* might be...Resources

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...

Did someone ask..DisableMemoryCache & IIS

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...

IIS (Ver 6 & 7) Support for Mount Points

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...

IIS7 Articles: Wow, am I glad that is over...

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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Chris Adams is a former Program Manager on the IIS team at Microsoft. He was in charge of running the IIS.NET portal, the MVP community, and delivery of educational training to customers in the form of webcasts, live presentations, and other venues. He is also the architect of the IIS Diagnostics Toolkit, a consolidated suite of tools aimed at helping customers solve their primary troubleshooting issues, and was the lead for the SSLDiag, AuthDiag, and TraceDiag tools.

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