Monthly Archive for January, 2006

Analyze Your IIS 6.0 Web Logs with AWStats

I’ve posted about AWStats earlier, it’s a great piece of opensource software for reading webserver logs.

Here’s an article about using it: Analyze Your IIS6 Web Logs with AWStats.

Migrating to a Load Balanced IIS 6 Environment

Found a good small article about moving to a load balanced web environment.

Read the article at source: 15 Seconds : Migrating to a Load Balanced IIS 6 Environment.

HTTP Compression in IIS 6.0

Found several good links on HTTP compression in IIS 6.0 and website optimization in general, as well as website monitoring.

- Using HTTP Compression for Faster Downloads (IIS 6.0)
- HOW TO Enable ClickOnce Compression on IIS
- IIS Compression in IIS 6.0
- ZipEnable 3.0 for IIS 6.0
- Real-Time Compression Check

Website optimization and speed in general.
- Free Website Performance Tool and Web Page Speed Analysis
- IIS 6.0 – Enhanced Compression and Consolidation

ISA and IIS compression:
- Really Getting ISA and HTTP Compression to Work Together

For Enterprise monitoring and website measure:
- Keynote – requires subscription.

How to Install and Use CustomAuth on IIS 6

David Wang how posted an article about how to install and use CustomAuth on IIS 6.0.

Read the article at source: HOWTO: Install and Use CustomAuth on IIS 6.

Using Host Headers to host multiple websites on IIS 6.0

Gafvert has posted an article about how to host multiple websites using host headers in IIS.

Read his article at source: Using Host Headers to host multiple websites on IIS 6.0.

SMTPDiag

Chris Crowe has posted an article about using Microsoft SMTPDiag.

SMTPDiag issues DNS queries using both User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) to validate that the queries will succeed.

Read it at source: Microsoft SMTPDiag.

Windows SharePoint Services Admin Guide Updated

Microsoft has updated the guide for installing, configuring, managing, and maintaining Windows SharePoint Services.

This version of the Administrator’s Guide includes updates about using Windows SharePoint Services with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and Microsoft Windows Server R2.

Download it at source: Download details: Windows SharePoint Services Administrator’s Guide.

Create multiple websites under windows XP Pro

Even needed to create multiple sites on Windows XP. It’s not supported by default and Microsoft, but there’s a couple of 3rd party solutions, which enables multiple sites on Windows XP.

One of them is: http://www.hairy-spider.com/multisite.aspx
firstServed – IIS Admin – Create multiple websites under windows XP Pro.