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IIS’s ApplicationPoolIdentity Made Easy-Week 22
Managing Windows users for IIS security can sometimes be a pain and, if not handled correctly, can leave your server vulnerable. In this week’s video I introduce the new ApplicationPoolIdentity account that was introduced in IIS 7.0 and improved in IIS 7.5. This “virtual account” offers a lot of power and is easy to use once you understand the basics.. Since it’s the default account for application pools, understanding it is important for any web administrator.
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IIS 7.0/7.5’s Hidden Tool. Run-time page request performance data-Week 21
Black box troubleshooting is very difficult. What I mean by that, is that if you can’t see what’s happening, it’s extra difficult to troubleshoot. For us administrators, or developers needing to troubleshooting something on a live server, it’s so valuable to see what’s happening behind the scenes.
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Process Monitor Made Easy-Week 20
Every trade has their favorite tool, whether it be a hammer, calculator, or stethoscope. For me, one of my top tools is Process Monitor. I use it like a handy man uses duct tape. With it I can easily troubleshoot access denied errors, files not found, strange path redirection, and many other unexpected behavior situations.
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Mastering IIS - Understanding the Schema-Week 19
IIS is a powerful web platform, and since version 7.0 everything, absolutely everything, is backed by a schema. This defines the settings, defaults and value ranges that IIS uses.
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Hacking IIS’s AppHost Directly-Week 18
Last week I covered IIS 7(.5)’s distributed and delegated configuration system. This week I’ll take it a step further and look specifically at editing applicationHost.config in a text editor (e.g. notepad) to make more advanced configuration changes.