A few weeks ago Microsoft launch a new Forum on TechNet about hosting, more specific about Microsoft.com Engineering Operations. Come join us in discussions that are focused on Engineering Operations. Ask questions, give us your insights, help us build the community of folks that are engaged in real-world systems engineering. Direct link: MSCOM TechNet Forum
Ever needed to move web sites from one server to another, this new tool IIS Site Transfer published at IIS.net, might save you a lot of time in the future. The IIS Sites Transfer program is designed to transfer web sites from Microsoft Internet Information Server version 6 (IIS 6) to another IIS 6 server. The program also allows to transfer Windows 2003 users from one server to another and copy FTP logins, virtual directories, …
Found another nice videocast on TechNet Edge by Ryan Dunn, where he shows how easy it is to get PHP up and configured on IIS 7.0 using FastCGI. The popular PHP-based blogging application, WordPress, is used to demonstrate. See the videocast here on TechNet Edge.
Elizabeth Smith has written an article with a great explanation of FastCGI and the reasons why it makes Windows a better host for PHP applications. What is FastCGI? I could go on for pages about the technical background, and Microsoft already has some great documentation on the subject, however Ill put it in laymans terms for those who arent Computer Science majors. Read the article here
New video interview on Channel 9 with Scott Gutherie, where he talks about IIS 7 among other things. In this interview, we covered a lot of ground. Watch and learn about: MIX07 What’s doing on the web technologies front What’s so special about IIS 7.0 Why you should care about Orcas What it’s like to go into meetings with executives like Gates, Ballmer, and Ozzie How, even with as much status and power Scott has, …