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Flush IIS HTTP and FTP Logs to Disk

Today I wanted to find a way to flush the IIS FTP logs on-demand.  The logs for IIS FTP flush to disk every 6 minutes, and the HTTP logs every 1 minute (or 64kb).  This can make troubleshooting difficult when you don’t receive immediate access Read More......( read more ) Read More...

Recommended Listening–Clint Huffman on RunAs Radio

This week’s RunAs Radio has Clint Huffman , a Microsoft Premier Field Engieer talking to Richard Campbell about understanding the health state of IIS7/7.5.  There is some excellent content in this episode and I’d strongly recommend listning to it. Clint covers aspects such as mappings, caching, failed request tracing and the IIS Log Analyzer. Rather than tell you everything that is in the podcast, listen now! - http://www.runasradio.com/default.aspx?showNum=248 RunAs Radio is an excellent weekly...( read more ) Read More...

IIS FTP User Isolation-Week 46

You can find this week’s video here . I’ve been looking forward to releasing this week’s video.  IIS FTP User isolation is an interesting topic because it offers a lot of power and flexibility but it’s not very intuitive because of how it’s managed Read More......( read more ) Read More...

Redirecting Non-www to Domain Equivalent

A question came up on a blog post of mine on how to redirect a domain name that doesn’t have www in it while retaining the original domain name.  Basically, to have a generic redirect to add on a www if it’s not already there. For example, how could Read More......( read more ) Read More...

IIS FTP and IIS Manager Users-Week 45

You can find this week’s video here . IIS FTP supports a new type of user called IIS Manager Users. This type of user can be used instead of Windows Local or Active Directory Users. They are useful if you want to manage a number of FTP users but don’t Read More......( read more ) Read More...

Accepting Questions for Web Pro Series Q&A

If you’ve been following my 52-week series you most likely noticed that we’re nearing the end.  This evening, for example, I’m recording week 47.  One viewer made a suggestion to create a Q&A for the last couple videos.  I thought that Read More......( read more ) Read More...

IIS FTP Basics–Week 44

You can find this week’s video here . The FTP (File Transfer Protocol) protocol has been in wide use for years and is still widely used today. It's used for transferring files between locations and practically useful for deployment websites from a dev Read More......( read more ) Read More...

IIS 7.x Classic and Integrated Pipeline Modes-Week 43

You can find this week’s video here . IIS 7 has two application pool pipeline modes: Classic and Integrated. Using Integrated mode is the ideal since it allows forms authentication for all types of page requests—not just ASP.NET pages—has tighter integration Read More......( read more ) Read More...

Setting an aspnet.config File per Application Pool

The aspnet.config file is a little known config file which is supported by ASP.NET 2.0 and greater.  Generally it lives in the root of the framework folder, for example: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\aspnet.config C:\Windows\Microsoft Read More......( read more ) Read More...

Change Password vs. Reset Password-Week 42

You can find this week’s video here . The differences between change password and reset password are not well known. This week's video walks through the differences and shows them in action. Tune in to find out more about password management. It wasn Read More......( read more ) Read More...