April 2009 - Posts

R2: How Would You Manage Without It? by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

As many of you know, Windows Server 2008 R2 Release Candidate (RC) is made available today to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, with broader availability from Microsoft.com on May 5th. As our final broad test milestone before RTM, this really is the best...
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The Id Element Weekly: Vijay Gajjala on Geneva Server by Vibro.NET

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Changes to the Custom Provider for MySql (dbFullMySql) by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

During the RC release, we published a custom provider that will help you sync MySql databases. The limitaions of the provider was syncing from archive/package and syncing over the agent, since DeploymentObject.GetStream() method was not public in that...

Tip #59: Did you know…How you can automatically format unformatted HTML on paste in VS? by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

Do you copy/ paste a lot of unformatted HTML content in to your web forms? Do you always format HTML after pasting such content? There is an easy way to automatically format HTML on paste in VS. Here is how you do it. In Tools->Options dialog, go to...
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April 2009 Cumulative Update Now Available! by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

It is my pleasure to announce that Microsoft has released an update to version 1.0 of the Microsoft SQL Server Driver for PHP. The update to the driver is the April 2009 Cumulative Update and it contains a series of targeted fixes, the majority of which...
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Don't Give Bile a Permalink - Finding Balance within The No *** Rule by Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen

I asked on Twitter today if it was "OK to be a *** as long as you were introspective about it?" I received a few responses, including one asking if I'd be more gender-neutral and pick a word like *** instead. You can't please everyone...
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Tip #58: Did you know…How you can import/ export HTML Per Tag options in VS? by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

If you make a lot of customization to per tag options and you want import/ export these settings you could easily do so with Tools->Import/Export Settings dialog. To export your custom settings to a vssettings file, launch Import and Export Settings...
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The Weekly Source Code 41 - Searching Code, Sharing Code, and Reading Code (and Comments) by Scott Hanselman's Computer Zen

I really advocate folks reading as much source as they can because you become a better writer by reading as much as writing. That's the whole point of the Weekly Source Code - reading code to be a better developer. Reading code in Open Source projects...
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Announcing the re-release of MSDN Code Search Preview by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

  Find More Code Samples on MSDN using MSDN Code Search Preview… After design revisions to the UI, the addition of MSDN Code Gallery and CodePlex content, and an updated feed from the MSDN Library, MSDN Code Search Preview is now capable of delivering...
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Deploying and Configuring Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 with Remotely Stored Content on UNC Servers and NAS Devices by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

There is a great whitepaper available that explains the "ins and outs" of using file servers/UNC paths for hosting content. The document's original link had been missing from the MS web site for quite a while and I has happy to discover...

Starting a Podcast by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

Enough people have asked me about it so I’m starting a podcast. I “think” my first interview will be with Rob Howard from Telligent on the future of Graffiti CMS. If you have questions for Rob, or topic requests for Podcasts, please contact me via the...
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IIS Security – Past and Present by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

This topic has been covered many times both by Microsoft and non-Microsoft employees. However, I’ve recently been asked what the main features of IIS 7 are and have seen a great deal of misinformation about IIS security on twitter, blog posts and forums...
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Free ASP.NET MVC “NerdDinner” Tutorial Now in HTML by ScottGu's Blog

Last month I blogged about a free end-to-end ASP.NET MVC tutorial called “NerdDinner” that I wrote for the Professional ASP.NET MVC 1.0 book from Wrox Press.  The book is now released and shipping on Amazon .  The NerdDinner tutorial walks through...
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Tip#57: Did you know… How to manage web site configuration through a web interface by The Official Microsoft IIS Site

The Web Site Administration Tool provides a web interface for you to manage different web site configuration settings. To launch the tool, for Web Application Project click Project-> ASP.Net Configuration & for Websites, click Website-> ASP...
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Overlooking the Obvious by Extemporaneous Mumblings

I was trying to troubleshoot a bug in my worker role in Windows Azure the other day.  To do this, I have a very cool tool (soon to be released) that lets me peek messages.  The problem was that I couldn't get ahold of any messages, it was...
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