Getting started with Internet Information Services - Amol Mehrotra
AzurePack: Common errors seen on Websites controller
Error 1: Exercise "FileServer" failed after the maximum number of retries....
Author: amolmehrotra Date: 12/23/2015
AzurePack: Unable to create database when using SQL High Availability group (AlwaysOn)–Part 2
The symptoms seen in this scenario also are the same as we had seen in Part 1, but the...
Author: amolmehrotra Date: 12/21/2015
AzurePack: Creating and configuring a plan using PowerShell
Import-Module 'MgmtSvcAdmin' # environment settings $AuthSiteURL=...
Author: amolmehrotra Date: 12/18/2015
AzurePack: How to change connectionstring in web.config of AzurePack component
In case you have moved your WAP database to a different server or need to reset password for...
Author: amolmehrotra Date: 12/18/2015
AzurePack: How to check if there is version mismatch in WAP components and database schema
After installing a rollup update on AzurePack, you might sometimes get into an issue where...
Author: amolmehrotra Date: 12/18/2015
AzurePack: Admin Portal failing with HTTP 500
One of the common issues we get after setting up AzurePack is while trying to access Admin...
Author: amolmehrotra Date: 12/16/2015
AzurePack: Unable to create a new website from Web Gallery
Troubleshooting tricks from my wiki 1. When creating a new website from Gallery, if Gallery...
Author: amolmehrotra Date: 12/15/2015
AzurePack: How to re-run ADFS trust settings for AzurePack portal
Quite often I have come across situations where ADFS trust was broken for admin or the tenant...
Author: amolmehrotra Date: 12/14/2015
AzurePack: How to register a custom resource provider on AzurePack portal
While working on an issue last week, I came across a nice blog with allthe steps to register a...
Author: amolmehrotra Date: 12/14/2015
AzurePack: How to remove a resource provider that is already been registered on the admin portal
To remove a resource provider from WAP portal like websites resource provider or SPF Go to...
Author: amolmehrotra Date: 12/14/2015
AzurePack: Unable to create database when using SQL High Availability group (AlwaysOn)- Part 1
Recently I came across this issue and thought of sharing it. We have setup WAP environment and...
Author: amolmehrotra Date: 12/11/2015
ASP.net Anti-virus Exclusion List
This article includes information about folders that need to be excluded from antivirus...
Author: amolmehrotra Date: 12/10/2015
Hosting websites on Windows Azure VM using IIS
I will try to answer some of the FAQs about hosting websites on IIS on a Windows Azure VM in this...
Author: amehrot Date: 03/20/2014
Application Initialization UI for IIS 7.5
IIS Application Initialization for IIS 7.5 enables website administrators to improve the...
Author: amehrot Date: 01/25/2013
Troubleshooting client certificate authentication when calling web service from ASP.net web application
Link to my post on team blog:...
Author: amehrot Date: 03/14/2012
Troubleshooting "Connections_refused" errors seen HTTPerr logs
According to KB820729, Connections_Refused means that the "Kernel Non Paged Pool memory has dropped...
Author: amehrot Date: 02/29/2012
How to disable SSL 2.0 on Windows Server 2008 R2
I had recently posted about How to disable SSL 2.0 on Windows Server 2008 R2 on my team blog. Adding...
Author: amehrot Date: 02/22/2012
IIS 7.0 vs IIS 7.5
I found a very nice article explaining enhancements in IIS 7.5 over IIS 7.0...
Author: amehrot Date: 12/14/2011
Kerberos failures on Win 2008 R2(IIS 7.5) KDC_ERR_ETYPE_NOSUPP
Symptoms We have migrated our web application from Windows 2003 server to Windows 2008 R2 server....
Author: amehrot Date: 09/27/2011
Issues when using ASP.net delegation with client certificate mapping on IIS 7.0
Recently I came across an issue that I would like to share with everyone. We had a .net 3.5 web...
Author: amehrot Date: 09/23/2011
Back to installation issues
Recently I encountered two issues related to IIS 7 installation and would like to share my findings....
Author: amehrot Date: 04/28/2011
Using managed modules for unmanged resources
Customers have asked me many times if it is possible to use managed modules for unmanaged resources...
Author: amehrot Date: 04/14/2011
Migrating websites from IIS 6 to IIS 7 using WebDeploy 2.0
The Web Deployment Tool (Web Deploy) is a command-line tool that deploys content and configuration...
Author: amehrot Date: 04/14/2011
Errors seen while using MSbuild to deploy on a remote IIS server and their solutions
Error1: C:\Program Files...
Author: amehrot Date: 02/09/2011
Allowing non-admin users to deploy web applications on IIS 7 using web deploy 2.0
One of the main features of web deploy is integration with the IIS 7.0 Web Management Service...
Author: amehrot Date: 02/09/2011
Deploying Web Applications on a remote IIS server using MSBuild
I have written down some important points that should be taken care while deploying applications....
Author: amehrot Date: 02/09/2011
Web server (IIS) support role service Vs Application Server role
Why do we have Web server (IIS) support role service(under Application Server role)? There are huge...
Author: amehrot Date: 11/01/2010
Troubleshooting dynamic compression in IIS 7
FREB logs are the best tool to troubleshoot compression issues on IIS 7. But before starting looking...
Author: amehrot Date: 10/29/2010
IIS manager crashing while creating server certificate request
Recently I worked on an issue where IIS manager was crashing while creating server certificate...
Author: amehrot Date: 10/29/2010
Understanding Kernel mode authentication in IIS 7
By default, IIS 7 enables kernel-mode authentication for the Windows (which use either Kerberos or...
Author: amehrot Date: 10/29/2010
Description of default permissions and user rights for IIS 7.0
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/981949
Author: amehrot Date: 09/10/2010
How to disable SSL 2.0 in Internet Information Services 7
Problem=======SSL 2.0 is not disabled on Win2k8 server even after applying KB187498....
Author: amehrot Date: 04/27/2010
Visual Studio couldn't connect to IIS 7.5 using FPSE
Update: 01-Aug-2011 ====================== FPSE for IIS 7.5 (Windows 2008 R2\Windows 7) is available...
Author: amehrot Date: 04/27/2010
Unable to deploy 32 bit ASP application on IIS 7 server
Action======Deployed an ASP application on IIS 7 server that was using 32 bit components. hence we...
Author: amehrot Date: 04/27/2010
Visual Studio 2008 hangs on switching to design view
Recently I faced a strange issue, where visul studio hangs whenever we trying to switch to design...
Author: amehrot Date: 07/23/2009
Session state service will work fine even after installing .net framework 2.0 SP2
I recently got to know about a slightly different observation on sessionstate behavior using the...
Author: amehrot Date: 05/15/2009
Configuring Shared Configuration with Offline Files in IIS 7
Follow the below steps to set up shared configuration with offline files (client side caching)...
Author: amehrot Date: 04/02/2009
FREB | Failed Requests Tracing in IIS 7
How to enable Failed Requests Tracing in IIS 7 1. Check if Failed Request Tracing module is...
Author: amehrot Date: 04/01/2009
aspx pages not getting served on IIS 7
i) Symptoms: HTTP Error 500.21 - Internal Server ErrorHandler "PageHandlerFactory-Integrated" has a...
Author: amehrot Date: 03/31/2009