Originally posted April 15, 2006 on OrcsWeb.com When ASP.Net v2.0, Visual Studio 2005, and Visual Web Developer were released to manufacturing, ORCS Web began supporting those technologies making them immediately available to our clients. Visual Web Developer 2005 has a very cool feature that will allow you to dynamically create a SQL Server Express database for use when developing […]
Changing the Password Complexity in ASP.NET V2.0
Originally posted May, 26 2005 on OrcsWeb.com One of the first things many people try with ASP.NET V2.0 (currently in Beta 2) and with the starter kits is to create a new user. Creating a new user will be common in ASP.NET version 2.0, whether it is the CreateUserWizard, a starter kit form or using […]
Using Powershell to list group membership from Active Directory (AD)
The following post by Terri, a Support Specialist with OrcsWeb managed Windows hosting, should prove to be very helpful for any administrators or developers looking to list group memberships from Active Directory. Below is just one example of the many tasks Terri performs for both Windows Cloud Hosting and Dedicated Windows hosting clients. How many times […]
Troubleshooting Application Request Routing (ARR)
Troubleshooting ARR (Microsoft’s Application Request Routing solution) can be tricky at times. Here’s a great post by Jeff Graves from OrcsWeb with some tips on tracking down issues – specifically the especially-tricky 502.x errors. Troubleshooting ARR 502.3 Errors
Magically Sync Machine Key for All Nodes in a Web Farm
Okay, well, it isn’t really magic – not even the Apple type – but it is pretty cool. Below is a post by OrcsWeb’s Jeff Graves providing a VERY handy script that can be used to instantly synchronize the machine key values for all ASP.NET versions on multiple Windows Server nodes in a web farm. […]
ASP.NET, Hosting, IIS, OrcsWeb, System Administration, web farm, WindowsMultiple Forms Auth Security Settings In ASP.Net
In a previous article I provided some samples to allow password protection of a folder in ASP.Net based on some settings in the root config.web file. Since that article I have had a few people ask if it was possible to secure multiple locations – each potentially with their own security requirements. Well, the answer […]
SQL Server 2005 Export / Import Issues
We had a client run across some issues recently when they exported their SQL Server 2005 database from their old host and imported it into a new database at OrcsWeb. After spending quite a bit of time working with the client on why the application wouldn’t work, we tracked it down to a page on […]
Diagnosing Windows/Web Application Issues
Here’s a great video post over on Channel9 that you may find useful if you ever have to troubleshoot application issues. You can’t troubleshoot a problem effectively until you first know what the problem is. When applications encounter stability or performance issues in the production environment, obtaining an accurate problem definition is a key first-step […]
ASP.NET, Hosting, WindowsFive Valuable Posts on IIS7 Topics
Here are 5 valuable posts on IIS topics that you should check out if you haven’t already. Caching in IIS to Speed Performance Why, and then how, to enable caching within IIS for your web site/application. IIS 7.x Shared Configuration What is Shared Configuration for IIS7? What are the reasons to use it? How do […]
IISURL Scan or Request Filtering in IIS7
URL Scan has been a useful tool since Windows Server 2003, and continues to be used on many web server deployments. Did you know though that IIS7 includes a feature named Request Filtering that handles the same functionality as URL Scan but also gives a tighter level of control over the settings and where they […]
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