Year: 2012
Using system.net.mail to send email messages from your web site makes life so easy. In the old days of Classic ASP you often had to rely on 3rd party …
The other day I was helping someone who was trying to configure a wildcard certificate on their Windows Cloud Server. Their server was running Windows 2008 R2 server using …
In case you haven’t heard Windows 8 is now available. As a web developer I think one of the best reasons to upgrade to Windows 8 is that you …
The other day I was checking the traffic stats for my WordPress blog to see which of my posts were the most popular. I was a little concerned to …
Microsoft’s SQL Server Express is a fantastic product for anyone needing a relational database on a limited budget. By limited budget I’m talking free. Yes SQL Server Express is …
If you’re getting started with Windows web development or you just need a lightweight web development tool then check out Microsoft’s WebMatrix 2. Creating, deploying, and maintaining, web sites …
Email is everywhere. You may not know immediately if your web site is down but you’ll almost always know if your email isn’t working. The ability to send and …
What’s that? Robocopy can send emails? Well not exactly but here’s how you can do it. Robocopy is a free tool from Microsoft that was originally part of Windows …
Microsoft’s Log Parser is a really powerful tool for searching log files. With just a few simple SQL commands you can pull more data than you ever imagined out …
If your web site is hosted on a dedicated server (cloud or physical) then chances are you have some internal processes which need to happen on a recurring basis. …