Microsoft WebMatrix includes a feature called Publish Compatibility, which can help determine if your site is compatible with a web hosting provider. To check your site's compatibility with a web h...

If you are publishing using Web Deploy, WebMatrix helps you publish your site securely by checking the certificate of the remote server and prompting you if any issues are detected. For example, yo...

Microsoft WebMatrix includes the ability to transfer your site's database to and from a remote server. This article contains tips for when you encouter errors during a database transfer. Tips Check...

When your "My Documents" folder is pointing to a network share, Windows translates the location automatically. This is so that applications such as WebMatrix or IIS Express can simply request the s...

When publishing a site from WebMatrix using the FTP protocol, some files are not listed in the Publish Preview dialog. How to reproduce Publish site from to Remote Server 1 using the FTP protocol. ...

Use this troubleshooting guide when you are run into problems with publishing or downloading sites in WebMatrix. Publishing Errors Bad gateway / proxy error "Could not connect to the remote compute...

Symptom: You see a Database Migration Required message when you are trying to download a database from SQL Azure into a local MDF database. For example, when you install an application such as DotN...

The following article will grow to cover issues when using SQL Server Express or MySQL and WebMatrix or WebPI (Web Platform Installer) Issue : The SA (SQL Express) or root (MySQL) password you ente...