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Published on December 1, 2007 by Walter Oliver
On the file server, performance may be improved by separating the system and content partitions and physical hard drives. Setup The following setup is recommended: Use a unique partition and physic...
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Published on December 1, 2007 by Walter Oliver
The file server permissions must be carefully implemented to provide appropriate access to content. This involves locking down permissions on the share and physical folders. Permissions The followi...
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Published on December 1, 2007 by Walter Oliver
Starting with Windows Server ® 2003 R2, File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) offers advanced quota and directory management. The quota system can now be based on directories, rather than set by a Wi...
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Published on December 1, 2007 by Walter Oliver
On Windows servers, each connection uses the identity of a unique user to connect to another server by using an SMB (Server Message Block) connection. A connection is used when you open a remote fi...
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Published on December 2, 2007 by Walter Oliver
In IIS 6.0, synchronizing and replicating configuration between servers was difficult because no built-in functionality existed. Although the server administrator could use the script iiscnfg.vbs t...
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Published on December 2, 2007 by Walter Oliver
Once you have enabled shared configuration, a common question is what happens when the network share that serves those files becomes unavailable. When the share goes down, the configuration system ...
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Published on December 2, 2007 by Walter Oliver
Network load balancing (NLB) in Windows Server ® 2008 provides traffic distribution using TCP/IP and can be used with the IIS shared configuration feature to create a Web farm that provides redunda...
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Published on January 17, 2009 by Walter Oliver
This topic is a guiding map for the information needed by hosters to: • Learn about the Application Request Routing (ARR) 2.0 feature of IIS 7 and above. • Set up ARR as referenced in the Shared Ho...
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Published on October 30, 2007 by Walter Oliver
The following video and presentation IIS Publishing will provide you with an overview of the IIS Publishing Features and step-by-step demonstrations on how to take advantage of them. Link to Guide ...
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Published on December 1, 2007 by Walter Oliver
This article provides a basic overview of the manual steps to deploy a front-end Web server running IIS 7.5 or above for the Shared Hosting scenario. It also includes key per-site configuration set...
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Published on December 6, 2007 by Walter Oliver
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) is a feature of Windows Server ® 2008. It can be activated by using the Server Manager's "Add Features Wizard". The Server Manager is a Microsoft Management C...
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Published on February 21, 2008 by Walter Oliver
This draft white paper provides information about using Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services to host sites. It explains: Recommended hardware architecture solutions Security and authentication iss...
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Published on January 19, 2009 by Walter Oliver
Introduction The FTP service for IIS is a key component of the Windows Web Platform. It provides a robust, secure solution for FTP in a Windows environment. Shared hosting environment administrator...
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Published on February 17, 2009 by Walter Oliver
Introduction The Web Platform Installer 2.0 (WPI) is a tool that installs Microsoft's entire Web Platform, including IIS, Visual Web Developer 2010 Express Edition, SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Editi...
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Published on July 9, 2010 by Brad Joseph
Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Hosting Microsoft is makes it possible for hosting providers to offer dedicated host services with the Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Hosting Providers, a free, ext...
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Published on January 28, 2008 by Walter Oliver
SQL Server 2005 is an ideal database platform for use in shared and dedicated Web hosting environments. Of the various SQL Server editions, only SQL Server Express should never be used in Shared Ho...
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Published on January 13, 2009 by Walter Oliver
The purpose of this article is to provide information about deploying and optimizing SQL Server 2008 for shared and dedicated hosting environments. It provides links to videos and documents that co...
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Published on August 24, 2012 by Robert McMurray
The Microsoft Web Platform gives you the framework, web server, database and tools your customers need to build and run Web sites and applications on Windows. It provides a complete ecosystem of pr...