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Windows Web Server 2008 and SQL Server 2005

If you haven't heard, the new Web SKU is a special, low-priced version of Windows that is focused exclusively on Internet-based Web serving. We've added a lot of new features and support for hardware compared to the old Windows 2003 Web edition. For more...

Silverlight apps not working/downloading on IIS 6.0? Try your mime types...

On IIS 6.0, there are no mime types for Silverlight by default (IIS6 was released a good deal prior to Silverlight and as with any type of content, you need to configure your web server to support it)... so you might experience that your app appears to...

Delegating error messages in IIS 7.0

There are two settings you should be aware of for hosting that relate to delegation of errors. 1. Delegating ASP's scriptErrorSentToBrowser setting: You should definitely turn on the ASP script errors, otherwise your customers won't see the useful errors...

New web deployment tool is available

Hey everyone, long time since the last blog post but we're still here and we have some great news to report. The IIS team just released the Microsoft Web Deployment Tool on www.iis.net . It is a command-line tool that provides support for deploying, synchronizing...

FastCGI makes PHP fast and reliable on IIS

Microsoft has just announced the Go Live release of its FastCGI Extension for IIS 5.1/6.0 (FastCGI Extension). This FastCGI Extension release is supported on IIS 6.0 on Windows Server 2003 for a fully scalable production environment and IIS 5.1 on Windows...

Hosting ASP.NET for .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2 in Medium or Partial Trust

If you're hosting the .NET Framework 3.5 (Beta 2) or planning on it, keep in mind there is some additional work required for the Beta 2 bits. The attached document describes two issues (and their corresponding workarounds) when hosting ASP.NET websites...

IIS 7 shared hosting guidance

We're releasing a draft version of our shared hosting guidance for Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7.0. Currently it covers mainly IIS 7.0 and ASP.NET 2.0, but we will be adding more content for other components. Highlights for shared hosting on IIS 7.0 covered...

Go live with IIS 7 today!

The IIS team has announced that Windows Server Codename "Longhorn" Server Beta 3 has reached a high level of quality and is ready for your testing. You can test awesome new hosting features in IIS 7 and roll it out for beta hosting. Find out...

ASP.NET applications running out of memory?

One thing you can do to help save memory usage is to enable the WorkstationGC. The GC, or garbage collector, manages the memory for appDomains. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911716

Microsoft's Hosting Summit 2007 - Day 2

Yesterday was the second day at the Hosting Summit. There are folks from around the world here. We started off with great keynotes from Michael O'Hara and John Zanni, and of course, a hilarious spoof of <a href=" http://www.microsoft.com/downloads...

Using WMI to change the local administrator password for all servers in an OU or Container

Just sharing a nice little script to query all the computers in an OU and change the local Administrator password for each one. One thing to note, if your computers happen to be in the default Computers container, you need to change the LDAP query from...

IIS requests could be slower if your log file directory is invalid or offline

If you are pointing your W3SVC log files to a location that is incorrect or goes offline, especially if it is a remote UNC share like \\server\logs – your requests on IIS 6 could be slower. The reason is that HTTP.sys wants to write an entry for...

FPSE on IIS 7 Longhorn

An update from Robert about FPSE: "Because Microsoft realizes that the FrontPage Server Extensions are essential to many web hosting companies, the Internet Information Services product team is researching the development of an updated version of...

Getting 64-bit or 32-bit applications working on IIS 6.0 x64

When running on x64 hardware, you have two options. First, to run in native 64-bit mode. This means all the applications running need to be 64-bit. The second is to run worker processes in 32-bit mode, which means all applications need to be 32-bit. This...

SharePoint v3 templates - the fantastic 40

The new SharePoint templates have arrived. To provide a complete solution, especially for small businesses, SharePoint v3 offers these pre-packaged templates. Each one solves a business problem and offers not only a fully functioning site out of the box...

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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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