Brad Kingsley's Blog
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Installing the Microsoft IIS SMTP Service on Windows Server 2008
The most popular blog post on my site is how to send email to ASP.NET (C# code sample). It seems that a recurring question/comment on that post though is from people with issues with the code being rejected when trying …
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Automating Website Creation with PowerShell v3
I will be the first to admit that I am not a scripting pro. Matter of fact, I am pretty much a novice at it. Recently, I stumbled across a PowerShell script that creates a website, populates it with default …
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Install WebDeploy on Windows Server 2012
Now that Windows Server 2012 & IIS8 are released and gaining adoption ground, it might be useful to check out a walk-through on how to get WebDeploy installed and running on this latest Microsoft server platform. What’s WebDeploy? It’s a …
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Performing Offline installations with WPI Command line tool
Performing application installs on a server that does not have internet connectivity used to be a difficult thing to do. You had to locate and download not only the main application, but any dependencies that would be needed to complete …
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Setting up SSL in IIS7
Obtaining an SSL certificate for your website is a task that every IIS administrator will have to perform at some point in time. This can be a confusing process the first time you have to do this. IIS7 has changed …
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Implementing Application Initialization on IIS 7.5
Another great post by Terri over at OrcsWeb that I think you’ll find beneficial. Here’s a brief intro and a link to the full post… Microsoft has released a new module for IIS 7.5 which provides the ability to ‘warm-up’ …
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Orchard Memory Usage and Performance
A guest post by Rick Barber – a senior technical lead over at managed Windows host OrcsWeb: At OrcsWeb we recently came across an issue where a user was having performance issues with a bare-bones Orchard installation on a shared …
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Using Log Parser to Query Event Log Data
Did you know Log Parser could not only query IIS logs but also Event Viewer logs and more? If not, check out this post… Hi Everyone! While I primarily enjoy deep-diving into SQL Server techniques and troubleshooting, I also troubleshoot …
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User Isolation for Multiple FTP Acounts
What is FTP user isolation and how can it help your FTP management headaches? Read on… http://www.orcsweb.com/blog/terri/how-to-set-up-ftp-access-for-multiple-users-with-user-isolation/ Happy Hosting!
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Creating Multiple 301 Redirects with a URL Rewrite Map
Here’s a good post about using a URL ReWrite Map to manage redirects for your site. Anyone who has set up 301 redirects for their site (which should be anyone who has ever renamed a page or moved content) knows …