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Trace IIS 7.0 Errors Like a Pro with Failed Request Tracing: When dealing with hard to find IIS 7.0 errors, I break out the trusty Failed Request Tracing. My favorite way of doing this is through the command line Read More...
Posted 01 August 08 12:25 by Mike Volodarsky | 3 Comments
Filed under IIS7, Troubleshooting, Tools, AppCmd, IIS
Connecting to IIS 7.0 configuration remotely with Microsoft.Web.Administration: IIS 7.0 provides a number of APIs that you can use to manage configuration remotely. This post provides the info and tools you need to configure remote access to IIS 7.0 configuration, including for use on Server Core installations. Read More...
Posted 26 May 08 11:20 by Mike Volodarsky | 7 Comments
Filed under IIS7, Development, Tools, Configuration, IIS
Check IIS network connectivity with PortCheck v2.0: Due to demand for the original PortCheck tool , I decided to release the updated version that I myself have been using that has a few more features to help diagnose connectivity issues. [ Download PortCheck v2.0 ] The idea behind PortCheck was simple Read More...
Posted 23 January 08 11:11 by Mike Volodarsky | 8 Comments
Filed under IIS7, Troubleshooting, Tools, Goodies, IIS6
IISSCHEMA.EXE - A tool to register IIS7 configuration sections: A very cool aspect of IIS7’s end-to-end extensibility is the ability to define your own configuration sections for your custom web server modules and handlers, that reside in the standard IIS configuration files side by side with IIS configuration. Read More...
Posted 04 August 07 08:38 by Mike Volodarsky | 8 Comments
Filed under IIS7, Tools, Goodies, Configuration
Attachment(s): iisschema.zip
OleView freezes / hangs forever on Windows Vista: If you are working with COM and using OleView.exe on Windows Vista to view type libraries, you may notice that the tool hangs forever when trying to open a type library from a file or resource in a DLL. I've encountered this problem myself on every Read More...
Posted 21 July 07 10:41 by Mike Volodarsky | 3 Comments
Filed under Tools, COM
WCAT 6.3 web performance and scalability test tool released: The NT Performance team just publically released the latest version of WCAT (Web Capacity Analysis Tool), the web performance test tool that the IIS team and NT Performance team use to conduct internal performance and scalability testing of IIS and ASP.NET. Read More...
Posted 17 May 07 03:40 by Mike Volodarsky | 30 Comments
Filed under Tools, Performance, Goodies
Attachment(s): wcat.doc
You can actually download the hotlinking blocker module now: Apparently, my previous post of the LeechGuard holinking prevention module ended up with broken download and image links. No-one could download the module, and on my home network I could see it just fine.

So, I fixed the links, and you can browse the article and download the LeechGuard module for your IIS6 or IIS7 server now. Be sure to check it out! Read More...
Posted 05 January 07 11:43 by Mike Volodarsky | 4 Comments
Filed under IIS7, Development, Tools, ASP.NET
Check network service connectivity with PortChecker tool: If you are unable to connect to a particular TCP service, such as a web server, ftp server, or anything else, you may be experiencing a number of both network and service connectivity problems: The hostname you typed in cannot be resolved The ip address Read More...
Posted 09 December 06 04:09 by Mike Volodarsky | 2 Comments
Filed under Troubleshooting, Tools

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For the past 5 years, I was the core server Program Manager for the IIS 7.0 and ASP.NET 2.0 products at Microsoft.
Now, I work on advanced web server tech using IIS 7.0, .NET, and Windows Server 2008 and write about it in this blog.

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TechNet Magazine
>Top 10 Performance Improvements in IIS 7.0

MSDN Magazine
>IIS 7.0: Build Web Server Solutions with End-To-End Extensibility
>IIS 7.0: Enhance Your Apps with the Integrated ASP.NET Pipeline
>IIS 7.0: Explore The Web Server For Windows Vista And Beyond
>Design and Deploy Secure Web Apps with ASP.NET 2.0 and IIS 6.0
>Fast, Scalable, and Secure Session State Management for Your Web Applications

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