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Installing IIS 8 on Windows 8
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 new server you can start to familiarize yourself with some of the new features.
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5 Best Places to Free Up Server Disk Space
Here's a recent blog post I did on some of the best places to check to free up server disk space.
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Using Jdisk to Analyze Disk Space Utilization
Here is a recent blog post I did on using the free tool Jdisk to analyze server disk space utilization.
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Using Url Rewrite to Block Page Requests
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’m the only author on my blog my logins could not possibly account for the traffic hitting that page.
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How to Schedule Backups with SQL Server Express
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 as only utilizing 1 GB of RAM, databases are limited to 10 GB, and it does not include SQL Profiler. For low volume sites that do not need enterprise level capabilities, this is a compelling solution. Here is a complete SQL Server feature comparison of all the SQL Server editions.