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Installing IIS 8 on Windows 8

November 30, 2012 / Peter Viola / IIS

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 can start testing IIS 8 right from your PC. This way if you don’t have a budget for a new server you can start to familiarize […]

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IIS, IIS 8, Windows 8

Using Url Rewrite to Block Page Requests

November 10, 2012 / Peter Viola / IIS

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 see that wp-login.php was in the Top 5 total requests almost every month.  Since I’m the only author on my blog my logins could not possibly […]

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IIS, Log Parser, Url Rewrite

How to Schedule Backups with SQL Server Express

November 6, 2012 / Peter Viola / SQL Server

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 free but it comes with a few limitations such as only utilizing 1 GB of RAM,  databases are limited to 10 GB, and it does not […]

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backups, IIS, SQL Server

Installing WordPress with WebMatrix 2

October 4, 2012 / Peter Viola / Windows Server 2008

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 has never been easier and considering it’s free you can’t beat it. What I like about WebMatrix is that it allows you to install 3rd party […]

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IIS, Wordpress

Automate Finding Disabled Domains in Smartermail

September 30, 2012 / Peter Viola / ASP.NET, SmarterTools

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 receive email 24×7 is critical to the success of any business. This means you need a product which is reliable, scalable, and affordable. There are not […]

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asp.net, c#, Smartermail, Smartertools

How To Get Robocopy Status Emails

September 26, 2012 / Peter Viola / Windows Server 2008

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 Resource Kit for Windows NT 4. It was then included as a standard feature with Windows Server 2003 and each subsequent release of Windows Server. It […]

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vbscript robocopy

Automate Log Parser to Find Your Data Faster

September 25, 2012 / Peter Viola / IIS

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 of your logs. It can be used to read web site log files, csv files, and even Windows event logs. Log Parser isn’t intended to compete […]

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IIS, Log Parser

Windows Server Scheduled Task for Opening Web Site Url

September 15, 2012 / Peter Viola / Windows Server 2008

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. The Windows Task Scheduler is a wonderful built-in tool that fulfills this need.  The location of this program has changed from Windows Server 2003 to Windows […]

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IIS, Task Scheduler, Windows Server 2008

IIS 7 Url Rewrite Rules for SEO and Security

September 13, 2012 / Peter Viola / IIS

Before IIS 7, if you wanted to do url rewriting with IIS 6 you had to use a 3rd party program such as ISAPI Rewrite by helicontech.com. This was a good program but it wasn’t native to IIS and there were limitations such as a site hosting more than 1 domain with different applications running. \r\n With IIS 7 […]

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IIS, IIS 7, Url Rewrite

Finding the biggest tables in a SQL Server database

September 7, 2012 / Peter Viola / SQL Server

Have you ever struggled to figure out why your SQL Server database is using so much space? If your database is hosted on a dedicated server then perhaps it’s not an issue for you. But what if your on a server with limited storage? For example if you have a web site that is on […]

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