Setup Install and Configure CSharpGuitarBugs on an IIS server as described in Lab 1 Review one of the first articles I wrote at Microsoft here Lab – Taking/Recover a Backup Open a command prompt as an Administrator, navigate to C:\windows\system32\inetsrv and enter the following command Figure 1, Using AppCmd Review the contents of the backup […]
Read More →Prerequisites Some understanding of PowerShell Read about the Web Administration module http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee909471(v=WS.10).aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee790599.aspx There are some new PowerShell IIS cmdlets for IIS 10, see them here. What’s new in IIS 10? Setup Install and Configure CSharpGuitarBugs on an IIS server as described in Lab 1 Lab Review the features available in the PowerShell WebAdmnistration module […]
Read More →Prerequisites Read this article about the processModel Read this article about ASP.NET Threads Read this article about Breaking Changes between Classic and Integrated mode See LAB 24: Deploy a Custom Module and Handler, Integrated mode support both Managed and Native Modules, once available Read this article about ASP.NET Page Events Read Contention, poor performance, deadlocks […]
Read More →There is a lot going on when a client makes an HTTP request to IIS. There are numerous kernel mode and native mode components that are used to route the request to the W3WP process which ultimately responds to the request. Figure 1, Using HTTP, W3SVC, WAS and W3WP See Table 1 for a list […]
Read More →In this lab you will learn about the Basic and Advanced application pool settings. The interface to change the behavior of the W3WP.exe process in which the web site runs is provided through these two settings windows. Lab 5.1 – Basic Application Pool settings Click on the Application Pools folder to view the list of […]
Read More →I have written an article here that explains how to install and configure Failed Request Tracing. Please use that for reference. In this lab you will: Install the Failed Request Tracing (Tracing) role Configure Failed Request Tracing Capture and review the Failed Request Trace If you have not completed the previous labs, specifically Lab 2, […]
Read More →I have written a few articles about this here, but wanted to expand on it with this specific lab. In this lab you will: Install the Application Initialization feature Utilize ASP.NET MVC website created in Lab 1 and Lab 2 hosted here Configure Application Initialization for the CSharpGuitarBugs website Learn about the ASP.NET warm-up request […]
Read More →In many of my blog posts I have recommended using the Web Platform Installer (WPI) to install IIS modules and .NET Frameworks. In this lab you will: Install the Web Platform Installer Use the Web Platform Installer to install the .Net Framework and the ASP.NET MVC dependencies NOTE In case you have a problem with […]
Read More →In this lab you will: Install the IIS Management Console Configure a web site using the IIS Management Console Install the IIS Management Console After installing Windows Server and logging in, the Server Manager is opened automatically, as shown in Figure 1. Figure 1, Windows Server Manager Click on the Add roles and features link, […]
Read More →On a web server with multiple application pools, there most likely will be multiple W3WP processes. Therefore, the first action to take when creating a memory dump of a W3WP worker process is to find which one you need to get the dump of. I wrote a short article on how to get a worker […]
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