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Today Microsoft released to the Microsoft download site WebDAV modules for Windows Server 2008 / IIS 7.0 in both x86 and x64 versions. These are also available from the www.iis.net website. Robert McMurray has written a page explaining how to configure...
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Well, the book is finally a reality. I received my copies today - yay! You can buy a copy from Amazon.com or your favourite bookstore now....
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Note: previous articles Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7.0 introduce some changes to the way that you need to implement Kerberos support. The three major changes that I'm aware of are: Service Principal Names (SPNs) no longer need to be registered under...
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Hi all, There are two security patches out this month for IIS. The first ( MS08-005 ) affects Windows XP x86 (IIS 5.1), Windows XP x64 (IIS 6.0), Windows Server 2003 (IIS 6.0) and Vista RTM (IIS 7.0). Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 are not affected....
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Windows Server 2003 SP1 introduces kernel mode SSL. Windows Server 2008 takes this one step further and introduces kernel mode authentication. This can be utilised by IIS 7.0 applications to improve performance. It also has implications for Kerberos authentication...
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In previous versions of IIS, it has sometimes been difficult to isolate web application pools from each other. If multiple web application pools are configured to run as the same identity (e.g. Network Service) then code running inside one web application...
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Well, I'm writing a blog post on IIS application sandboxing, and this item crosses my inbox. It appears that all the time spent mucking about with Windows Home Server , and Windows Media Centre might now actually result in MCTS certification . So,...
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Hi, For all those wondering what options you have post-Application Center 2000 for synchronisation (let alone load balancing etc), the IIS Product Group has released a technical preview of a new tool: msdeploy.exe. This tool can sync or migrate: IIS 7.0...
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I see that Ben Armstrong has posted instructions on how to use Windows Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) to give your Hyper-V virtual machines access to networks via a wireless adapter. However ICS does not appear to work if the network that your wireless...
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Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V stores a list of virtual machines in %systemroot%\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\virtualisation\Virtual Machines. In that folder are a set of symbolic links, that are linked to the actual config files for each virtual machine....
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Meta: IIS and Kerberos Part 6 is coming (for anyone interested in IIS still reading this blog) The Windows Server 2008 backup feature no longer supports direct backup to disk (you'll need third party backup software to do that). You can backup to...
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Well Frank's posted the various gadgets he's accumulated , as IT Pro, I've been accumulating a few things in the last month (a new LTO2 tape drive, a 5GB Toshiba PCMCIA hard disk, a Dell 24" monitor, and other boring stuff). One thing...
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Well it seems that the IIS product is just sneaking in the final bits and pieces missing from IIS 7.0 at this very late stage of the Windows Server 2008 release cycle. Spotted on Robert McMurray's blog is a GoLive Beta release of the IIS 7.0 WebDAV...
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I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year. Spotted on Mike Volodarsky's blog is an announcement that the Health Model for IIS 7.0 has been published on Microsoft TechNet . This describes the various error conditions that IIS 7.0 (and related...
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I took the 3-in1 upgrade exam today (70-649). I honestly thought I'd fail after spending the last few days digging further into a few of the topics that are covered (WDS in particular). In the end, I scored: 970/1000 for TS 70-643 (Configuring Application...
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Good question. I saw this today in my RSS reader: http://blogs.msdn.com/wesdyer/archive/2007/12/05/volta-redefining-web-development.aspx Can someone who knows something about development tell this IT Pro what this is all about? I asked around today, and...
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Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) shipped earlier today. It incorporates a myriad of enhancements , which arguably should have been in the RTM product. I'll be installing this at home as soon as I can! Be sure to check the system requirements...
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My current preferred PC is a specced out Toshiba Portege M400. It's Core Duo, 4GB of RAM, two 7200 RPM disks, and a high res (1400x1050) screen. All in a compact 12" form factor, and it's a Tablet PC as well. Recently Avanade upgraded my...
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Wow, what a big set of weeks the past few have been (and I've been too busy doing other things to blog)... First Microsoft has settled with Eolas, allowing Internet Explorer users to move away from having to click on certain embedded controls to activate...
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At home I have a small virtualised lab running a number of server services. Unfortunately when provisioning my server, I didn't really consider the space needs of the virtualised Windows Home Server. Originally, I bought 2 x 500GB disks for my server,...
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Well, it's been a very busy couple of months for me. The Professional IIS 7 book is only a couple of months away from being available, and it's been hectic getting that wrapped up. In addition I presented some talks at Tech.Ed Australia (on the...
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Windows Server 2008 RC0 and Windows Vista SP1 beta were released on Connect last night. Windows Server 2008 RC0 is available on MSDN/TechNet as well....
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Well, I've been very busy wrapping up the first drafts for all the chapters for the upcoming Professional IIS 7.0 book (as well as taking part in a couple of Tech.Ed events), so there's been very little blogwise. However I noticed today the System...
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Having just deployed a test Operations Manager 2007 server at home, I wanted to publish the Web Console site externally, so I wouldn't have to continually TS into my box at home, and use the regular console. My only problem is that I have a single...
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Protocol Transition is a new feature in Windows Server 2003. The Kerberos implementation in Windows Active Directory domains provides the robustness of Kerberos whilst also obviating a number of the technical issues with non-Windows Kerberos implementations...
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