Peter Schmidt

No Touch Administration

The guys a MSCOM has posted a collection of nice scripts, which they use in their work on MSCOM. Remote Desktop has changed the way we interact with our servers.  However if you have a farm of 50+ servers…heck even 10 servers, having to Remote into each server can not only be time consuming but cause your fingerprints to wear off.  Utilizing tools such as WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation), For Loop and PSEXEC you can …

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Getting Started on Windows Web Hosting

Microsoft has published a new article (compiled as a helpfile) on how to get started on Windows Web Hosting. Microsoft Getting Started on Windows Web Hosting helps hosters investigate how to offer Microsoft Windows-based Web hosting while investing minimal time and effort. Microsoft Getting Started on Windows Web Hosting is a subset of the complete Web hosting details found in The Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting version 4.0. In order to help hosters quickly grasp …

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Categories IIS

IIS Insider – September edition is out

Microsoft has published the September 2006 IIS Insider column on TechNet. This month Bernard Cheah (IIS MVP) addresses three commonly asked questions about IIS in the form of: Smart Host Authentication FTP Login Error – Home Directory Inaccessible Finding a URL with a Long Processing Time Read the IIS Insider column at source.

Categories IIS

IIS Past and Future

The latest IIS Show #8 was published in September at Channel 9 with the title “IIS Past and Future” it’s an Interview with IIS Publishing PM Robert McMurray. In this edition, Brett and Robert have a wide ranging discussion with IIS PM Robert whose been working with IIS since version 1.0. They discuss a bit of the history of IIS, his current work on IIS 7, and even IIS 8 is mentioned! See the IIS …

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Categories IIS

Windows PowerShell RC2 Now Available

Today Microsoft announced the availability of Windows PowerShell RC2. The command line shell and scripting language that helps IT Professionals achieve greater productivity and control of system administration. Using a new admin-focused scripting language and consistent syntax and utilities, Windows PowerShell accelerates automation.  Windows PowerShell is easy to adopt, learn, and use, because it works with existing IT infrastructure and scripting tools. This Release Candidate 2 of Windows PowerShell addresses numerous customer requests based on …

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