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.NET Core & ASP.NET Core 1.0 is being released at Red Hat DevNation.
Today is another milestone on developers' world: .NET Core & ASP.NET Core 1.0 is being released...
Date: 06/27/2016
Enlightening a mystery with Failed Request Tracing: does IIS not respect the minFileSizeForComp setting for static compression?
I have been working with one of my customers to fix some static compression issues on IIS 8.5....
Date: 05/23/2016
Some IIS administration cmdlets run slowly in PowerShell 4.0
I wrote a KB article about PowerShell IIS administration cmdlets when you run in Win 2008 or Win...
Date: 05/02/2016
AppDomain is still unloaded when web.config file is changed even File Change Notifications (FCN) are disabled
Let's assume that you are running an ASP.NET application and you disable the File Change...
Date: 02/09/2016
IIS 8.5 - How to log client port number
When an HTTP request is made from a client machine to a web server, a TCP connection is established...
Date: 11/12/2015
Collecting a memory dump with ProcDump when ASP.NET ISAPI is reported unhealthy or deadlock detected in an ASP.NET application
PROBLEM You are running an ASP.NET application in IIS. You noticed that the worker process shuts...
Date: 11/06/2015
IIS application pool may be terminated while collecting dump
Consider the following scenario: You are running a web application on IIS and you need to collect a...
Date: 03/26/2015
Free e-book - Windows 8.1 Universal application development
A colleague of mine, Matteo Pagani, has published a free e-book about Windows 8.1 Universal...
Date: 03/24/2015
Everyone can build an app – introducing Windows Phone App Studio beta
"Windows Phone App Studio is about giving everyone the ability to create an app, regardless of...
Date: 08/06/2013
Free e-book collection
Hello, one of my colleauges shared the following blog post which provides a list for free e-books...
Date: 06/21/2013
Step by step guide for allowing remote management for IIS 7.0 or newer
- SETUP IIS TO ACCEPT REMOTE MANAGEMENT CONNECTIONS Open IIS manager as administrator, go to server...
Date: 05/28/2013
Free ebook: Programming Windows 8 Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Microsoft Press has published a new book for Windows 8 application programming with HTML, CSS and...
Date: 03/21/2013
IIS Express 8 and large web.config files - "cannot read configuration file because it exceeds the maximum file size" error message
Consider the following scenario: You are running IIS Express 8 to test your web application and your...
Date: 01/07/2013
How to get an application pool configuration with appcmd.exe
Sometimes it is needed to dump out the configuration of an application pool in a text file. I have...
Date: 10/18/2012
Troubleshooting a 404.13 issue using IIS and Failed Request Tracing logs
Consider the following scenario: You are running an Exchange 2010 in your corporate network and you...
Date: 10/10/2012
Windows Phone Dev Center
We have launched a dedicated web site for Windows Phone developers. Do not forget to visit the site...
Date: 08/07/2012
Easiest way to generate MachineKey
Have you ever needed to generate a MachineKey to use in your application's configuration file or in...
Date: 07/31/2012
New Garbage Collector enchancements in .NET 4.5 increase the performance of your application
.NET Framework engineering team has published a great article about the new features of Garbage...
Date: 07/26/2012
Free ebooks from Microsoft Press
Here you can find very valuable resource from Microsoft Press, including Programming Windows Phone...
Date: 05/31/2012
Launch worker process (w3wp.exe) automatically as soon as application pool starts
You can set up an application pool to start automatically but the worker process (w3wp.exe) will...
Date: 03/08/2012
Free IIS 8.0 Express Beta is released
We have just released IIS 8.0 Express Beta. Internet Information Services (IIS) 8.0 Express Beta is...
Date: 03/06/2012
What’s New in IIS 8
With the release of Windows 8 Server Beta, IIS 8 is coming to the world. If you are curious about...
Date: 03/02/2012
Is my web site using Kerberos or NTLM authentication?
If you are not sure if Kerberos or NTLM authentication is used in your web application then you can...
Date: 02/21/2012
Windows 8's new logo
Check out the new logo of Windows (will be introduced in Windows 8) from Windows Team's blog:...
Date: 02/20/2012
How to add notepad shortcut in "Send to" menu on Windows 7
I found adding notepad shortcut in the "Send to" menu very useful trick as I can send any file to...
Date: 02/19/2012
Easiest way to take your web site offline (IIS 6.0 or IIS 7.5 with .NET 4.0)
If you are running your application within a .NET 4.0 application pool (IIS 7.0 or IIS 7.5) or your...
Date: 02/03/2012
Public webcast about latest Security Advisory bulletin (2659883 - Vulnerability in ASP.NET Could Allow Denial of Service)
Microsoft will host a webcast to address customer questions on latest published security bulletin...
Date: 12/29/2011
Use "Stopwatch" class to calculate the execution time
Although this class is not famous, it does a great job to calculate the execution time. Usually, the...
Date: 12/26/2011
Why does not IIS log requests immediately?
Here is a frequently asked question: why can't I see IIS logs written immediately after a request?...
Date: 12/06/2011
How to configure Debug Diagnostic to capture Stack Overflow exceptions
I have just found that one of my colleauges, Spike, posted a nice blog article here explaining how...
Date: 12/02/2011
IIS 7.5 - Change in the "application pool defaults" applies to all application pools
I was helping to one of my customers where his Sharepoint web sites stopped working unexpectedly....
Date: 10/11/2011
Happy birthday smiley :)
"At 11:44 a.m. on September 19, 1982, a man named Scott Fahlman posted a message to an electronic...
Date: 09/21/2011
A list of Microsoft's Official Twitter Accounts
I have tried to put together Microsoft's official twitter accounts in a list below. Please let me...
Date: 09/08/2011
Ten watchwords for Microsoft's Windows 8 conference
An interesting blog is posted on ZDNet: Ten watchwords for Microsoft's Windows 8 conference Summary:...
Date: 09/07/2011
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit is available for download
The Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, and...
Date: 07/01/2011
No traffic is logged when using Fiddler on localhost
Fiddler is a great tool for logging HTTP/HTTPS traffic in the client side. However, you may see that...
Date: 07/01/2011
IIS services fail to start: "Windows could not start the Windows Process Activation Service - Error 6801: Transaction support within the specified resource manager is not started or was shut down due to an error" when WAS service is started
You may see that IIS related services fail to start and receive "Windows could not start the Windows...
Date: 06/21/2011
Session_OnEnd or Session_End events in global.asax won't fire if you store ASP.NET sessions out of proc (in State Server or SQL Server)
This is an overlooked behavior which may break your ASP.NET application if you are using...
Date: 06/03/2011
How to prevent ILDASM from disassembling my .NET code
Long story short – you can use SuppressIldasmAttribute attribute. However, please note that it...
Date: 05/27/2011
Decompiler tools for .NET Framework
A .NET application is compiled into IL (intermediate language) during compile time and it is...
Date: 05/24/2011
Happy Birthday Visual Basic
Twenty years ago, May 20th, 1991 at Windows World, in Atlanta, Microsoft founder Bill Gates demoed...
Date: 05/24/2011
Press release: Microsoft to Acquire Skype
As of today, we have announced that we acquire Skype. Here is one of the most exiciting part of the...
Date: 05/10/2011
.NET Reflector version 6 will be kept free for existing users
As I mentioned in one of my previous posts...
Date: 05/03/2011
Free download - PSSCOR2 - New WinDBG extension for debugging .NET 4.0 applications
PSSCOR extension is a debugger extension which is super-set of SOS.DLL. It is used for debugging...
Date: 04/28/2011
Web services may fail on IIS 7.5 or IIS 7.0 (with OS SP1) with .Net 4.0
This is a hot topic discussed in the forums and we have decided to put this on a knowledge base...
Date: 03/09/2011
Useful articles and starting points for web development with Microsoft technologies
Thanks to Doug’s post, I have discovered a very useful article which has several Q&As...
Date: 03/03/2011
Enabling session compression in ASP.NET 4.0
Session objects are vital components in most of web applications. ASP.NET provides a few options to...
Date: 02/23/2011