Finbar Ryan on IIS and Web Development.

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Configuring IIS Smooth Streaming and Application Request Routing Disk Caching.

  I recently worked with a customer who was looking at using IIS Smooth Streaming as their...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 01/10/2014

Here are some links that might be useful in your day to day job. The VS and Asp.Net links came from...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 10/18/2013

There has been a lot of news this week with Tech Ed North America running and sending out lot’s of...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 06/07/2013

Application Request Routing and Server Headers "X-Powered-By: ARR/2.5"

Today I would like to talk about the headers that you get if you utilise Application Request Routing...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 06/05/2013

Asp.Net Application Security.

I was recently helping a colleague with a customer who was running a security check against their...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 05/30/2013

As I mentioned before I will intermittently post a number of links I find interesting on the topics...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 04/26/2013

How to stay up to date on Web Technology?

I recently came across this presentation and I think it highlights that it’s possible to stay up to...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 04/26/2013

Debugging the “Unable to launch the IIS Express Web server.” error from Visual Studio 2012.

Hello, I’ve recently solved this issue on my machine and thought I would share this with everyone....

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 01/02/2013

Build 2012 Sessions on Windows 8 Development.

I thought I’d put together a list of the interesting Windows 8 Sessions at Build so you can use it...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 11/06/2012

Build 2012 Conferences Sessions on Asp.Net and IIS.

I shared this with the rest of my team today. We all support IIS and Asp.Net and I thought that...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 11/06/2012

Using the new Git For Windows Client to review the Open Source Asp.Net Web Stack.

As the Asp.Net Source is now Open Source I like being able to view what has changed and what has...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 08/08/2012

Hello, I’ve missed a couple of weeks as I had a dearth of good links to share with you. I don’t have...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 06/08/2012

Hello, as I mentioned a while ago I was trying to use Friday to put the links that I found most...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 05/11/2012

Asp.Net MVC 3 versus Asp.Net Web Forms Performance.

I recently worked with a customer who was migrating their site from Asp.Net Web Forms to Asp.Net MVC...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 05/10/2012

As they say on Star Wars day “May the 4th be with you” . Here are the interesting links I have read...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 05/04/2012

Commerce Server and the MSCS_CatalogScratch Database and Maintenance.

Thanks to Charles Teague for providing some of the technical detail for this article. We’ll cover...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 05/02/2012

The rise of the new Group Think and if cubesOpen plan is the way to go.

I’ve recently read this article and it really resonated with me as I have spent the best part of the...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 01/25/2012

Modern Web Development Resources.

Last week I was on an Asp.Net MVC and HTML 5 training course. Sometimes I find it really useful to...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 01/24/2012

Cut The Rope and Migrating a mobile phone game to HTML 5 and JavaScript.

I’ve come across this in a number of posts from my colleagues in  DPE. Last night and I went to...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 01/11/2012

Fame at last! Or how I wrote an article for the MSDN UK Newsletter.

I wrote an article for the MSDN UK Flash newsletter which is now published here....

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 05/18/2011

Commerce Server 20072009 Invalid class string after moving the resource Databases to a Production Server.

I’ve seen this issue a number of times on customer systems so I thought I would blog about it....

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 03/17/2011

Commerce Server 2009 Documentation in .Chm format.

I’ve not posted for a while as I’ve been working on customer issues and away on some business trips....

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 05/06/2010

Hi, Every now and then instead of an in-depth post I might post some links which I’ve shared with my...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 08/14/2009

Silverlight and the Date Picker Control

I worked on an issue recently with a customer that was very interesting. They were using Silverlight...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 08/12/2009

Commerce Server 2009 Training Resources.

As Commerce Server 2009 is now out and available I thought it would be a nice idea to do a post on...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 04/14/2009

Silverlight Version Numbers

Just as note to myself here are the Silverlight Version numbers. Release Version Release Date 1.0...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 03/24/2009

Commerce Server 2009

Hello, Commerce Server 2009 is now available for MSDN Subscribers. This is discussed further at this...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 03/16/2009

Catching up on my Blog reading

After my extended break I’ve been catching up on my blog reading and I’ve come across some...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 12/30/2008

Introduction to the Secure FTP Server 7.0 in Windows 2008

I’ve been working with this a lot recently and thought I’d share some of what I found with you....

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 11/12/2008

Using the Microsoft Web Application Installer.

This is a follow on from my last post on the Microsoft Web Platform Installer. If you haven’t read...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 11/12/2008

Using the Microsoft Web Platform Installer.

You may have heard about the new tools available for getting up and running quickly on IIS 7 on...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 11/05/2008

The UK ReMix 2008 Videos are online

The ReMix UK 2008 videos are up on the site for you to review at your leisure. If you go to the...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 10/08/2008

Working in Customer Services and Support

I thought I'd add a little post about working in Support at Microsoft and how you can find out some...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 09/24/2008

Thoughts post Remix UK 2008

The Remix UK 2008 conference was held in Brighton on the 18th and 19th of September and I was lucky...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 09/24/2008

Remix UK 2008

I'm looking forward to attending Remix UK this week. Each delegate will receive a Microsoft...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 09/16/2008

Commerce Server 2007 Training Resources.

One of the questions I am commonly asked is "Where can I learn more about Commerce...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 09/10/2008

Microspotting Anyone?

I was very happy to come across the Microspotting web site. It's something that I wouldn't normally...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 08/06/2008

Starting to look at Commerce Server

Hello, as I previously mentioned Commerce Server is one of the products that I support here at...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 08/06/2008

New to Debugging?

I've just finished writing up an e-mail for some new people in my team about starting Debugging and...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 07/23/2008

Commerce Server 2007 Service Pack 2 has been released.

The official announcement is over at MSDN Forums Commerce 2007 SP2 Announcement. Here are the links...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 05/29/2008

Microsoft and Data Centres

Just read an interesting article which Steve Clayton talked about over here. I hadn't really thought...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 05/15/2008

Apologies for my absence.

I've not been blogging lately. I've been working with a lot of customers lately. I also attended...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 04/16/2008

Troubleshooting High Processor Utilisation usage by IIS Processes

As a New Year's Resolution I'm planning to blog at least once a week. Hopefully I will maintain this...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 01/11/2008

Introductions and what I'll be talking about.

Hello, My name is Finbar Ryan and I am an Escalation Engineer in Microsoft Support. I support...

Author: Finbar Ryan Date: 05/10/2007