IIS

Recycling AppPools

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The MSCOM Team did a great post on their blog a while back about recycling of IIS AppPools and how to verify and monitor the recycles. The post included some nice samples scripts for LogParser, to ease the monitoring. It’s great for availability and reliability but it can also be masking real problems with code running in your applications. If you are recycling too quickly based on memory limits you may have a memory leak …

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AppCenter 2000 Roadmap

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Microsoft published a Roadmap for the future of Application Center 2000 a few months back. It’s quite interesting reading for current users of AppCenter 2000. We have done a significant amount of scenario research to understand both how customers are using Application Center, and the capabilities available in other Microsoft® products and components that can deliver on the Application Center scenarios. This functionality will be delivered through a combination of the System Center family of …

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.NET 3.0 Released

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Microsoft has released the latest version of the .NET Framework. The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is the new managed code programming model for Windows®. It combines the power of the .NET Framework version 2.0 with new technologies for building applications that have visually compelling user experiences, seamless communication across technology boundaries, and the ability to support a wide range of business processes. These new technologies are Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, …

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Commerce Server 2007 for free

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Microsoft has made the decision to allow you to download Commerce Server 2007 for free. The restriction is that this is only for evaluation and development – you cannot use it for production systems. The Commerce Server 2007 evaluation software is the Development Edition and contains the full functionality of Commerce Server. Download the Commerce Server 2007 evaluation software here. For more information about the new Commerce Server 2007: Commerce Server 2007 Product Overview Commerce …

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