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IIS Log FAQ - Logging Headers
Apr 22, 2013

From time to time, I see some fairly common questions come across our internal discussion alias that we really don't do a good job of documenting externally, so I figured that as I see these frequently asked questions come up...

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Tips & Tricks: DebugDiag 1.2
Jan 11, 2012

A few years ago, I was lucky enough to have a very small hand in the birth of DebugDiag. In version 1.0, I got to do some work on the analysis scripts, as well as work on one of the debugger extensions it uses for analysis. As...

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Web Farm Framework and proxy servers: Part 3
Aug 01, 2011

In part 1 and part 2 of this series, I talked about working around situations where the WFF controller and/or farm servers needed to access a proxy server to be able to pull the RSS feed used by the platform provisioning piece...

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Web Farm Framework and proxy servers: Part 2
Apr 28, 2011

In part 1 , I focused on how to work around situations where your WFF controller has to pass through a proxy server in order to successfully retrieve the products feed. The configuration sample I provided didn’t address another...

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Web Farm Framework and proxy servers
Apr 21, 2011

While setting up a Web Farm Framework environment recently, I ran across an issue where the Platform Provisioning piece of the UI was failing to pull the products feed down. In my case, the error was:   InternetOpenUrl returned...

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Configuration Editor–An Admin’s Best Friend
Mar 25, 2011

Configuration Editor has to be one of my favorite pieces of the IIS7 UI, and probably one of the least publicized. For anyone who hasn’t used it, you should give it a whirl. In addition to allowing you to browse the config using...

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The Importance of Understanding the Config System
May 10, 2010

While teaching an IIS7 class two weeks ago, I ran across an issue that proved a bit interesting to troubleshoot. This is actually the second time that at least one participant hit this issue in class, but it was the first time...

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