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Peter Viola » IIS
Configuring IIS 8 Remote Administration
Mar 13, 2013

Remote Management for IIS 8 on Windows Server 2012 is a great way to connect to your site and accessing IIS features without logging in to the server. It is straight forward to configure but requires a few steps to get working...

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Peter Viola » IIS
Configuring FTP Over SSL with IIS 8
Feb 08, 2013

In 2011 the FTP protocol had it’s 40 birthday. Despite it’s age it is still a widely used file transfer technology however it wasn’t originally designed for encryption. It has been shown to be vulnerable to brute force attacks...

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Peter Viola » IIS
Configuring FTP Virtual Directories with IIS 8
Jan 30, 2013

Configuring and using FTP with IIS 8 on Windows Server 2012 is very easy and straight forward. If you ever used FTP 7 that was released with Windows 2008 then the GUI will be familiar to you. An FTP virtual directory is quite...

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Peter Viola » IIS
Authenticated SMTP Using System.Net.Mail
Dec 13, 2012

Using system.net.mail to send email messages from your web site makes life so easy. In the old days of Classic ASP you often had to rely on 3rd party components such as AspMail from serverobjects.com or AspEmail from persists...

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Peter Viola » IIS
Using Wildcard SSL Certificates on IIS 7
Dec 09, 2012

The other day I was helping someone who was trying to configure a wildcard certificate on their Windows Cloud Server . Their server was running Windows 2008 R2 server using IIS 7. The were technically savvy and knew how to configure...

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Peter Viola » IIS
Installing IIS 8 on Windows 8
Nov 30, 2012

In case you haven’t heard Windows 8 is now available. As a web developer I think one of the best reasons to upgrade to Windows 8 is that you can start testing IIS 8 right from your PC. This way if you don’t have a budget for a...

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Peter Viola » IIS
Using Url Rewrite to Block Page Requests
Nov 10, 2012

The other day I was checking the traffic stats for my WordPress blog to see which of my posts were the most popular. I was a little concerned to see that wp-login.php was in the Top 5 total requests almost every month. Since I...

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Peter Viola » IIS
How to Schedule Backups with SQL Server Express
Nov 06, 2012

Microsoft’s SQL Server Express is a fantastic product for anyone needing a relational database on a limited budget. By limited budget I’m talking free. Yes SQL Server Express is free but it comes with a few limitations such...

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Peter Viola » IIS
Installing WordPress with WebMatrix 2
Oct 04, 2012

If you’re getting started with Windows web development or you just need a lightweight web development tool then check out Microsoft’s WebMatrix 2 . Creating, deploying, and maintaining, web sites has never been easier and considering...

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Peter Viola » IIS
Automate Log Parser to Find Your Data Faster
Sep 25, 2012

Microsoft’s Log Parser is a really powerful tool for searching log files. With just a few simple SQL commands you can pull more data than you ever imagined out of your logs. It can be used to read web site log files, csv...

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Peter Viola » IIS
Windows Server Scheduled Task for Opening Web Site Url
Sep 15, 2012

If your web site is hosted on a dedicated server (cloud or physical) then chances are you have some internal processes which need to happen on a recurring basis. The Windows Task Scheduler is a wonderful built-in tool that fulfills...

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Peter Viola » IIS
IIS 7 Url Rewrite Rules for SEO and Security
Sep 13, 2012

Before IIS 7, if you wanted to do url rewriting with IIS 6 you had to use a 3rd party program such as ISAPI Rewrite by helicontech.com. This was a good program but it wasn’t native to IIS and there were limitations such...

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