Robert McMurray Posts

FTP Clients - Part 2: Explicit FTPS versus Implicit FTPS

In part 2 of my series on FTP clients, I thought it would be best to have a discussion about the differences between Implicit FTPS and Explicit FTPS . In my recent " FTP Clients - Part 1: Web Browser Support " blog post, I referenced Implicit and Explicit...

Using Visual Studio 2008 on a 64-bit Computer to edit ApplicationHost.config

Visual Studio 2008 as an XML Editor Everyone seems to have their own favorite XML editor these days, and there are no shortages of XML editors in the marketplace. The being said, I tend to use Visual Studio 2008 for several reasons, and if you're using...

AppCmd 80070057 errors when configuring site-level settings

I had an interesting question from a coworker who was trying to use AppCmd to set the site-level SSL options for an FTP site. This should have been straightforward, and the syntax that he gave me looked correct: appcmd.exe set config -section:system.applicationHost...

'Category does not exist' error when viewing IIS Worker Processes in IIS Manager

I ran into an interesting problem recently when using the new Worker Processes feature in the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager for IIS 7.0. The Worker Processes feature is a great addition to IIS, and it's used to view practical information...

FTP Clients - Part 1: Web Browser Support

Since we've been testing a lot of FTP clients with our new FTP server for IIS 7 , I thought that it would be a good idea to discuss some of the highlights and pitfalls that we have run into when testing various clients. I thought that I'd begin this series...

URL Rewrite Module and Digest Authentication

With the Go Live release for the URL Rewrite Module having just been shipped, I thought that I'd address a problem that you might run into if you're using Digest Authentication . RFC 2069 states that a client sends the server a checksum of the username...

Data Mining UrlScan 3.0 Logs using LogParser 2.2

We released a new version of UrlScan recently, and one of the great new features in this version is log files that conform to the W3C Extended Log File Format . What this means to administrators is that they can now parse their UrlScan activity using...

FTP and ETW Tracing

My good friend Suditi Lahiri has written a terrific blog entry about one of the great new features in the FTP 7 service - which is Event tracing for Windows, or ETW for short. You can read her post at the following URL: http://blogs.iis.net/sudt/archive...

Life after FPSE (Part 4)

In continuation from my previous blog posts on on the subject of migrating from FPSE to WebDAV, today's blog post will address a combination of issues that I've run into and some implementation ideas. Listing content in virtual directories One different...

Life after FPSE (Part 3)

In continuation from on my blog posts on April 17th and April 23rd , today's blog post will continue to examine moving from the FrontPage Server Extensions (FPSE) to WebDAV, and today I'm going to address a combination of issues that I've run into and...

Life after FPSE (Part 2)

Following up on my last blog post , today's blog post will discuss some of the highlights and pitfalls that I have seen while transitioning from using the FrontPage Server Extensions to publish web sites to WebDAV. It should be noted, of course, that...

Life after FPSE (Part 1)

Today's blog post will be the first in a series of blog posts that I intend to write about my experiences with putting together a Windows Server 2008 machine without using the FrontPage Server Extensions (FPSE) for any web publishing. The main goal of...

WebDAV Extension for Windows Server 2008 RTM is released!

Earlier today the Microsoft released the RTM version of the new Microsoft WebDAV Extension for IIS 7.0 for Windows Server 2008! Listed below are the links for the download pages for each of the individual installation packages: 32-bit Installation Package...

FREB: LOG_FILE_MAX_SIZE_TRUNCATE

OK - I have to admit that one of my favorite features for IIS 7 is " Failed Request Tracing ", otherwise known as " FREB ". I've taught breakout sessions about FREB at Microsoft TechEd , and IT administrators love it. (By the way - FREB was originally...

Automating IIS 7 Backups

Many years ago I wrote the following KB article: How To Schedule Metabase Backups Using WSH Truth be told, I wrote the script in that article to help me manage several servers that I controlled. Once I finished the script, I found myself routinely giving...

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