Jun 18, 2009
Many of you have probably read the article on how to install ASP.NET 1.1 on IIS7 on Vista and WS08 (The article can be found at http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/472/how-to-install-aspnet-11-with-iis7-on-vista-and-windows-2008/ ). While above works great...
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Tags: ConfigurationASP.NETvista SP2
May 03, 2009
I recently encountered the error “The path is not of a legal form.” from the IIS 7.0 Manager, but was unable to find any documentation on the error. Oddly this error didn’t log anything in the System Event Log either. The error sounds like...
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Tags: applicationHost.configConfigurationIIS 7.0
Apr 28, 2009
This topic has been covered many times both by Microsoft and non-Microsoft employees. However, I’ve recently been asked what the main features of IIS 7 are and have seen a great deal of misinformation about IIS security on twitter, blog posts and forums...
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Tags: PerformanceIIS 7InstallationApplication PoolsIIS 5.1IIS 6IISconfigurationLoggingURL RewriterSecurity
Apr 03, 2009
Recently I spoke with someone on Twitter who was having issues running CakePHP on IIS. With all the talk about ASP.NET MVC on IIS, folks forget that the MVC pattern works in other languages as well. CakePHP provides MVC development on PHP. That said,...
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Tags: IIS 7PHPconfigurationURL RewriterCakePHPmod_rewrite
Jan 26, 2009
Most of you have probably heard of shared configuration. It is a simple and convenient way to centralize IIS configuration among multiple IIS instances. (More info on shared configuration can be found here .) A step in setting up shared configuration...
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Tags: Configuration
Jan 20, 2009
If you’ve ever tried to find information on how to install a particular IIS7 feature, or how to configure it using the IIS Manager tool, AppCmd.exe, the new Microsoft.Web.Administration interface or WMI provider, this post is for you. Every IIS7...
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Tags: IIS7ASP.NETIIS News ItemDevelopersAdministratorsConfigurationTutorial
Jan 12, 2009
Problem: When IIS 7.0 server is configured to work in shared configuration mode then configuration files are stored on a file share. This configuration is recommended for setting up web farms. But in case file share goes offline, the whole set up fails...
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Tags: Configuration
Nov 20, 2008
Every time I talk with customers in meetings or at conferences I’m struck by how many cool amazing new capabilities IIS7 has. I can go on for literally hours talking about the new features and benefits, and showing demos. And with each new...
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Tags: IIS7ASP.NETExtensibilityAdministrationTroubleshootingIIS News ItemDevelopersPerformanceVideosMediaAdministratorsConfigurationSecurityDeployment