Robert Lucero IIS Testing Blog Posts

WebMatrix 2 Beta - Using IIS Remote Manager to Enhance Your Site

If your web hosting provider uses is an IIS shared hosting provider chances are you can use IIS Manager for Remote Administration to additionally configure your site. This post will walk you through a simple WebMatrix publish example, connect to the remote...

WebMatrix 2 Beta - Remote Site Editing

Remote site editing is integrated in to WebMatrix 2.  This allows for users to quickly edit content from both the original computer where they published from or a completely different computer. Life After Publishing Once you’ve published a site,...

WebMatrix 2 Beta - NuGet Gallery

NuGet is a versatile library package system that allows users to  extend their web applications with some really cool tools.  WebMatrix V1 users who are familiar with NuGet remember that they had to access the NuGet Package manager through the...

WebMatrix 2 Beta - Integrating with IIS Developer Express

I want to take the time to describe how WebMatrix works with IIS Express, the development web server.   I hope that by the end of this article, users will better understand what IIS Express is capable of and how it works with WebMatrix. What...

WebMatrix 2 Beta - All About Extensions

WebMatrix 2 has been rebuilt with extensibility in mind. We have designed it to allow developers to write MEF based extensions that integrate into the WebMatrix experience. Members of the WebMatrix team have individually published some initial extensions...

WebMatrix 2 Beta–Top 5 Tips and Tricks

You’ve probably seen all of the cool high level features, but there are a number of cool features that are worth checking out.  Like always, let us know what you think on our forums ! 1.  Set Your Default Workspace If you find that you’re always...

WebMatrix 2 Beta–Released!

Today we’re releasing the first public Microsoft WebMatrix 2 Beta!  It contains a number of new features and improvements from version 1.  Try it out today! Here is just a short list of what’s new and improved: New Features: Remote Site Access...

WebMatrix Beta – Beta 3 Released!

Just a few short weeks ago, we shipped WebMatrix Beta 2 .  We fixed a lot of bugs and stabilized the product overall in that release.  Beta 3 is different.  There are all sorts of new features to try out!  Download WebMatrix Beta 3...

WebMatrix Beta - Beta 2 Released!

Yesterday, we released a refreshed Beta 2 for WebMatrix.  It contains a number of bug fixes and feature improvements over Beta 1.  Highlights include: New and updated Razor templates Feedback and bug fixes as suggested by the community on Microsoft...

WebMatrix Beta – Database Migration and Live Database Monitoring

One of the cool WebMatrix features is the ability to manage other databases from within the WebMatrix Databases Workspace.  This post describes a scenario where you can take an existing SQL Compact Edition database from a template site, migrate it...

WebMatrix Beta – Testing With ‘Real’ Certificates

In my last post, one of the tips I described was how to configure a WebMatrix site to use the built-in test SSL certificate.  If you enable SSL for a site within WebMatrix and browse to it using the link in the UI, you’ll probably receive a glaring...

WebMatrix Beta - Tips and Tricks

Here’s a short list of really cool features to try out in the new WebMatrix : Use Web Platform Installer v3.0 Beta to install Apps to both WebMatrix and IIS Manage and Maintain Other Databases from WebMatrix Perform SEO Analysis and Review Reports on...

Client Certificates, Now with a UI!

Dave , a test lead at IIS, sent me a link to Puneet Gupta’s blog post about the Client Certificates UI that he developed. One of the more common requests we get on the IIS 7 UI team is for a Client Certificates UI Module.  Puneet took advantage of...

IIS Database Manager – Version 1.0 Released!

Today, the IIS team is releasing version 1.0 of the IIS Database Manager. It allows you to administer website and web application databases with the existing connection string or a custom client connection with an IIS UI extension. Major Features: Viewing...

Certificate Renewals in IIS 7

Certificate renewals have changed from IIS 6 to IIS 7.  Specifically, IIS 7 generates a different type of certificate renewal. The way it was… IIS 6 creates a PKCS #10 type of renewal.  This is essentially just a new request with the information...

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