AsiaTech: Microsoft Azure & Development
Configuring ARR with Client Certificate
For standalone web server, there are generally three options for client certificate as long...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 01/27/2014
Case study: WCF Web Http routes Dollar ($) differently in IIS 8.5
Issue description Considering below WCF Web HTTP code, which method will request...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 01/23/2014
Debug Diagnostic 2.0 – Creating a Memory Leak rule (unmanaged code)
For Debug Diagnostic 1.2, please refer to...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 01/13/2014
A Tool to Monitor COM+ Component Call Time and Trigger Memory Dump in An Automation Way
There were multiple ways to monitor COM+ Component call time automatically, most of them require...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 01/09/2014
Both Static and Dynamic Pages are Loading Very Slowly even for Local Visits on IIS 7.X
Usually when dynamic pages (ASPX) have slow responding issue, we can still get satisfied performance...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 01/08/2014
Case Study: FTP 550 "The system cannot find the file specified" Error on Win2003
One customer reported that “An error occurred opening the folder on Win2003 FTP server. Make...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 01/08/2014
How to generate a dump file by using process orphaning on IIS 6/7.x
There is a KB article about How to generate a dump file when ASP.NET deadlocks in IIS 6.0. Please...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 01/08/2014
Customizing Windows Azure Pack Portal of an Express Deployment
Express Deployment of Windows Azure Pack (WAP) is a good option for demo, testing or...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 12/30/2013
Why my PHP EXTENSION is not loaded by Windows Azure Websites?
Windows Azure Websites provides customer a feature to enable custom PHP extensions. This allows...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 12/30/2013
You may experience “'Configuration file is not well-formed XML” error while using DFSR to synchronize the IIS configuration files
Background Recently we have several customers reported that they are using DFSR (Distributed File...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 12/01/2013
Azure Websites: Find PHP Performance bottleneck
Request help on troubleshooting PHP performance issues are very common requests we received from our...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 11/15/2013
You may experience “The configuration system has already been initialized” exception after installing the KB2844285
Background Recently we have several cases related to the KB2844285 (MS13-052: Description of the...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 10/28/2013
A quick way to check if a web site both in intranet zone and in exception list will bypass proxy server or not.
Many users are confused on these questions: 1) If the web sites both in intranet zone and in...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 10/27/2013
How to add web site to Compatibility View List via GPO
Usually, we add web site to Compatibility View List from IE windows: Click “Tools ->...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 10/22/2013
Case Study: OutOfMemory Exception caused by XmlSerializer is not used properly
Background Recently we handled a case which symptom was a little bit weird: there is only an error...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 10/22/2013
WAP How to know which IIS configuration section is allowed to be customized
For a web site hosted on Windows Azure Pack (Previously, Windows Server for Hosting Service...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 07/31/2013
WAWS -- Allow HTTPS access only
Windows Azure Web Sites supports HTTPS by default. This means you can access the site using both...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 07/31/2013
WAWS: could not load file or assembly 'msshrtmi’
Symptom When access a Windows Azure Web Sites, got follow error message. Could not load file or...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 07/31/2013
How to apply IEM to IE10
Article Updated! Please check this new one:...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 07/01/2013
A quick solution when windows authentication is required on backend web server for ARR scenario
Background: ARR is a kind of like NLB which works on application-level. ARR is a very popular OOB...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 06/04/2013
Case Study: Desktop IE works but Modern UI IE fails to connect to the Internet on Windows 8
Symptoms A customer reported that he failed to connect to the Internet in Modern UI IE on this...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 05/28/2013
Case Study: COM+ 1.5 Rollup Package 934016 Installation failure on Win2003 SP2
Recently we worked with on customer, who tried to install KB934016 on Windows 2003 server, however...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 05/23/2013
Case study: The intermittent SqlException
Recently I got a service call regarding below SqlException in event log: Event Type: Warning Event...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 04/15/2013
Using Self-Signed certificate for Web Sites on Windows Server for Hosting Service Providers
Microsoft is bringing Windows Azure Web Sites, Virtual Machines, Service Management Portal and API...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 04/15/2013
SSL for Web Sites on Windows Server for Hosting Service Providers
Microsoft is bringing Windows Azure Web Sites, Virtual Machines, Service Management Portal and API...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 03/24/2013
Case Study: SSL does not work in IIS 7.5 after server reboots
The user reported that he failed to access the web site with HTTPS protocol with “Page cannot...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 03/24/2013
How to disable Proxy Server settings from IEAK
When you want to explicit disable Proxy Server on Internet Explorer’s connection setting from...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 03/19/2013
WF 3/3.5: Event "{1}" on interface type "{0}" for instance id "{2}" cannot be delivered
You may implement a state machine workflow and deploy it to a production server. Intermittently you...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 03/19/2013
WF3/3.5: Is “ManualWorkflowSchedulerService: CanRun is False” normal in WF logging?
A customer enabled workflow logging following the instructions in KB972914. He asked what...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 03/10/2013
Failed to apply Proxy Setting through GPO
We often got customer service requests about Proxy Setting not applying via GPO. Usually customer...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 03/10/2013
Case Study: IUSR account on IIS 6.0 server was locked out even if anonymous authentication is not used
A customer reported that IUSR_<COMPUTERNAME> account was locked out on his Windows 2003...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 03/10/2013
500.19 Internal Server Error after Enabling Failed Request Tracing in IIS 7.5
Recently had this issue with a customer where their IIS 7.5 server was serving content just fine,...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 03/10/2013
Workaround: How to rebuild IIS 6.0 WMI Repository
If IIS 6.0 related classes are missing from the WMI repository and you do not want to re-install...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 03/10/2013
Lync 2010 always opens chat window hyperlinks in the same IE tab
I was questioned regarding Lync 2010, why does it always open the chat window hyperlinks in the same...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 03/10/2013
Your WCF service may stop processing any incoming WCF requests
Background: 1. Suppose we have a WCF service which is using session-full binding like Net.tcp. We...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 02/19/2013
WF 4/4.5: How to emit tracking information of a child workflow
The child workflow is composed from some existing activities. This child workflow is treated as an...
Author: APGC DSI Team Date: 02/19/2013