Robert McMurray's Blog [MSFT]
Discussing IIS, FTP, WebDAV, FPSE, WMI, ADSI, ISAPI, ASP, Java, FastCGI, etc. ;-)
FTP Clients - Part 1: Web Browser Support
Since we've been testing a lot of FTP clients with our new FTP server for IIS 7, I thought that it...
Author: robmcm Date: 09/24/2008
URL Rewrite Module and Digest Authentication
With the Go Live release for the URL Rewrite Module having just been shipped, I thought that I'd...
Author: robmcm Date: 09/19/2008
Data Mining UrlScan 3.0 Logs using LogParser 2.2
We released a new version of UrlScan recently, and one of the great new features in this version is...
Author: robmcm Date: 09/10/2008
FTP and ETW Tracing
My good friend Suditi Lahiri has written a terrific blog entry about one of the great new features...
Author: robmcm Date: 08/29/2008
Life after FPSE (Part 4)
In continuation from my previous blog posts on on the subject of migrating from FPSE to WebDAV,...
Author: robmcm Date: 06/30/2008
Life after FPSE (Part 2)
Following up on my last blog post, today's blog post will discuss some of the highlights and...
Author: robmcm Date: 04/23/2008
Life after FPSE (Part 1)
Today's blog post will be the first in a series of blog posts that I intend to write about my...
Author: robmcm Date: 04/17/2008
WebDAV Extension for Windows Server 2008 RTM is released!
Earlier today the Microsoft released the RTM version of the new Microsoft WebDAV Extension for IIS...
Author: robmcm Date: 03/12/2008
FREB: LOG_FILE_MAX_SIZE_TRUNCATE
OK - I have to admit that one of my favorite features for IIS 7 is "Failed Request Tracing",...
Author: robmcm Date: 03/08/2008
Automating IIS 7 Backups
Many years ago I wrote the following KB article: How To Schedule Metabase Backups Using WSH Truth be...
Author: robmcm Date: 03/08/2008
Enabling WebDAV on IIS 6
I had a great question from someone the other day about enabling WebDAV on IIS 6, so I wrote a...
Author: robmcm Date: 03/04/2008
FTP7 for Windows Server 2008 RTM is released!
Earlier today Microsoft released the RTM version of the Microsoft FTP Service for IIS 7.0 for...
Author: robmcm Date: 02/27/2008
WebDAV Redirector Registry Settings
Following up on the release of the WebDAV module for IIS 7, I've been experimenting with the WebDAV...
Author: robmcm Date: 01/17/2008
WebDAV Module for Windows Server 2008 GoLive Beta is released
Earlier today the IIS product team released the GoLive beta version of the new WebDAV extension...
Author: robmcm Date: 12/22/2007
Creating XML Reports for FSRM Quota Usage
I had a great question in follow up to the "Secure, Simplified Web Publishing using Microsoft...
Author: robmcm Date: 10/25/2007
Upcoming IIS7 Webcasts
Okay, I have to admit, I was remiss at pointing this out earlier - several members of the IIS...
Author: robmcm Date: 10/05/2007
FTP7 for Windows Server 2008 RC0 is released!
Today Microsoft released the newest version of our FTP server for Windows Server 2008 Release...
Author: robmcm Date: 09/26/2007
Virtual Hosts and Host Names in FTP7
I received the following question from Mickey Binder in response to my blog entries about the new...
Author: robmcm Date: 08/28/2007
Viewing current FTP7 sessions using C#
A few weeks ago my friend Jaroslav posted a blog entry about viewing the current FTP7 sessions using...
Author: robmcm Date: 07/06/2007
Viewing current FTP7 sessions using VBScript
A few weeks ago my friend Jaroslav posted a blog entry about viewing the current FTP7 sessions using...
Author: robmcm Date: 07/06/2007
Scripting MIDI Events in Sibelius
OK - I have to admit, when you realize that you are making software choices based on scripting...
Author: robmcm Date: 05/11/2007
FrontPage 2002 Server Extensions Beta for Longhorn and Vista
Following up on my FrontPage Server Extensions on Vista and Longhorn blog post from last February,...
Author: robmcm Date: 04/27/2007
FTP 7 Beta is released!
It's been a long time in development, but Microsoft has released a beta version of a new FTP service...
Author: robmcm Date: 04/26/2007
FrontPage Server Extensions on Vista and Longhorn
As most people that have installed IIS 7 on Windows Vista or Windows codenamed "Longhorn" have...
Author: robmcm Date: 02/08/2007
Using WSH to create an off-line backup of a FrontPage-enabled Web Site
As the old adage says, "Necessity is the mother of invention". With that in mind, I had a friend...
Author: robmcm Date: 01/03/2007
Happy New Year!
2006 is rapidly coming to a close, and the new year is almost upon us. Before I go home for the...
Author: robmcm Date: 12/29/2006
Day 4 of IIS at TechEd IT Forum in Barcelona
Well, today was the last day, and the Microsoft Tech∙Ed: IT Forum 2006 in Barcelona has come to an...
Author: robmcm Date: 11/17/2006
Day 3 of IIS at TechEd IT Forum in Barcelona
Today was the third day at Microsoft Tech∙Ed: IT Forum 2006 in Barcelona, and customers are still...
Author: robmcm Date: 11/16/2006
Day 1 of IIS at TechEd IT Forum in Barcelona
Today was the first official day of the 2006 Microsoft Tech∙Ed: IT Forum in Barcelona. I caught Bob...
Author: robmcm Date: 11/14/2006
Day 0 of IIS at TechEd IT Forum in Barcelona
Today is the main registration day for the 2006 Microsoft Tech∙Ed: IT Forum in Barcelona. The show...
Author: robmcm Date: 11/13/2006
Converting W3C log files to NCSA format
Around a year ago I wrote a blog entry titled "Converting NCSA log files to W3C format", which...
Author: robmcm Date: 11/06/2006
Testing IIS 7 for Yourself
The momentum for IIS 7 is gradually building, and I keep seeing great things in the press and...
Author: robmcm Date: 10/30/2006
IIS Show #8
Okay, it's somewhat self-promoting, but I was cornered by Brett Hill the other day, who is the IIS 7...
Author: robmcm Date: 09/19/2006
Programmatically Enumerating Installations of the FrontPage Server Extensions
I had a great question from a customer the other day: "How do you programmatically enumerate how...
Author: robmcm Date: 07/11/2006
FTP User Isolation with Multiple User Accounts
In IIS 4.0 and IIS 5.0, if you created a virtual directory that had a name that was identical to a...
Author: robmcm Date: 05/08/2006
Reverting log files back to the default W3C fields
Recently I had to work with a customer that was trying to use a 3rd-party utility that read W3C log...
Author: robmcm Date: 03/27/2006
Creating an Itemized List of Server Bindings
One of my servers has a large number of individual web sites on it, and each of these web sites has...
Author: robmcm Date: 02/21/2006
Updating several IP addresses using ADSI
(Note: I had originally posted this information on a blog that I kept on https://weblogs.asp.net, but...
Author: robmcm Date: 01/11/2006
Merry Christmas!
Okay, it's a couple of days late because I took the past few days off to celebrate Christmas with my...
Author: robmcm Date: 12/28/2005
Converting NCSA log files to W3C format
One of the great utilities that ships with IIS is the CONVLOG.EXE application, which converts W3C or...
Author: robmcm Date: 11/30/2005
Listing the Host Headers of all Web Sites using ADSI
Note: I originally wrote the following script for a friend, but as every good programmer often does,...
Author: robmcm Date: 10/04/2005
Updating several IP addresses using ADSI
Like many web programmers, I host several hobby web sites for fun. (They make a wonderful test bed...
Author: robmcm Date: 08/22/2005