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There are some known issues/bugs related to VS 2010 Web Deployment features in VS 2010 Beta 2 Read Me… I can imagine reading the entire Beta 2 read me file can be daunting so I thought I can just copy paste the ones related to Web Deployment here… DB Read More......( read more ) Read More...

So I’m a newbie when it comes to Windows Home Server but I’m quite seasoned when it comes to DotNetNuke, IIS, and that entire stack.  I wanted to cover off a the topic of installing DotNetNuke onto your Windows Home Server. Windows Home Server is essentially Small Business Server, just tweaked for network attached storage (NAS).  There are many other NAS solutions available, but I find this one superiour (at least for me) is the fact that it is built on top of the Microsoft solution.  I know ASP.NET, I know IIS, I know .NET, etc..  When I first heard of this product I was pleasantly surprised. Here is a shot of my Acer Aspire Home Server H340 physical machine.   Enough about me, on with the install! Throughout this installation...

Since the Windows 2008 Server launch last March, the IIS team has shipped a bunch of new features that plug-in to IIS7 and in parallel worked on IIS 7.5, launching today in the Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 release.  IIS 7.5 includes many bug fixes, improvements and new features, and is definitely worth grabbing.  If you haven’t tried IIS7 yet, check out the many reasons to try it.  If you’re already using IIS7 and want to know what’s new in IIS 7.5, Mai-lan just posted an update to...( read more ) Read More...

IIS Media Services 3.0 has been released and is now available as a free download for Windows 2008 and Windows 2008 R2!  Chris Knowlton has a comprehensive post on the release and all the details, here is a quick summary:   IIS Media Services, an integrated HTTP-based media delivery platform, delivers true HD (720p+) streaming and provides real-time logging to measure media investments. By offering a complete media delivery platform together with a traditional Web server, rich dynamic Web...( read more ) Read More...

Few minutes ago a colleague and friend asked me about some problem he was having with ASP.NET themes. He was using a theme and including a CSS file in it, the CSS file was linked in the generated HTML but clearly it was not applied. Putting the URL of the CSS file in the browser address bar would return an empty result in Firefox, and a crappy DOCTYPE,HTML,HEAD,BODY tags in IE. The same website works normally with other developers running Windows XP or Windows 7. Going further to the problem, I tried checking the file access, giving extra permissions and so on, checking web.config and global.asax for any ASP.NET HTTP Handler or HTTP Module that might be handling all requests. None of this existed. Then, I switched to IIS, trying to change the...

The final release of the Web Deployment Tool (aka Web Deploy or MsDeploy) has been released to the web.  This is likely more significant than many people realize.  At first glance, Web Deploy seems like a tool for system administrators to copy sites and settings between servers (IIS6 to IIS6, IIS6 to IIS7 and IIS7 to IIS7).  It does do that, including SSL, COM, GAC, ACLs, registry, content and more. However, Web Deploy is likely to become a major deployment method for developers too.  Visual Studio 2010 will have native support for Web Deploy, offering the ability to deploy a entire website with the single-click feature of VS2010.  What’s also impressive is that it’s so lightening fast.  Only the file changes are...

I am very proud to announce our September 2009 release of IIS Web extensions! This September launch includes the RTW release of Web Deploy 1.0 , Web Platform Installer 2.0 , and IIS Database Manager 1.0 , as well as the pre-release versions of Application Request Routing 2.0 RC and Search Engine Optimizer (SEO) Toolkit Beta 2.0 . We are also releasing international support for a number of IIS extensions and the Windows Web Application Gallery. Along with these engineering releases, we are proud to...( read more ) Read More...

Today we’re launching a number of really cool things for Web developers.   WebsiteSpark WebsiteSpark is a program designed to jumpstart Web development for individuals or small companies who make a living on the Web.  The program is free to Read More......( read more ) Read More...

I’m excited to announce a new program – WebsiteSpark – that Microsoft is launching today. WebsiteSpark is designed for independent web developers and web development companies that build web applications and web sites on behalf of others.  It enables you to get software, support and business resources from Microsoft at no cost for three years, and enables you to expand your business and build great web solutions using ASP.NET, Silverlight, SharePoint and PHP, and the open source applications built on top of them. What does the program provide? WebSiteSpark provides software licenses that you can use for three years at no cost.  Once enrolled, you can download and immediately use the following software from Microsoft: 3 licenses of...

IIS6 uses the maxRequestLength config setting under the system.web section to specify maximum file upload size with a default of 4 MB.  IIS7 uses the maxAllowedContentLength config setting under the system.webServer section to specify maximum file upload size with a default of 28.6 MB.  This is something to watch out for when migrating your web application from IIS6 to IIS7.  Read on for more information how I found out about this new config setting for IIS7…. I have migrated several sites from IIS6 to IIS7 without much problems.  One gotcha that I did get caught on is the new IIS7 config settings section (system.webServer) and those settings for specifying the maximum file size to be uploaded to the website.  After...