The Life of Brian : IIS

Admin's Guide to Server Core Commands

BrianM — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:50:00 GMT

Repost from AdminPrep.com…I will be moving several of the articles over to this blog. Before all this starts, credit must go where credit is due. I did not come up with all of the info within this article. A lot of people have felt my pain and...(read more)

Will the Real FTP Service Please Stand Up?

BrianM — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:34:00 GMT

I'm confused...really confused. One of Windows Server 2008's new touted upgrades is IIS7. Maybe it's just me but I've always thought FTP was part IIS...and it is in Windows Server 2008. So why am I so confused. Well apparently Microsoft...(read more)

Windows Server 2008 Reviewers Guide - Reviewed

BrianM — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:04:33 GMT

After spending a bit of time on Amazon I noticed that books, movies, and other random things you can buy all had customer reviews. I started to think, why don't white papers and technical documents have the same? Today I've decided to take action...(read more)

Windows Server 2008 Component Posters

BrianM — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:41:00 GMT

Back in January of 2007 I posted that TechNet Magazine had a really cool poster that showed Active Directory as a Jigsaw puzzle. I noticed in my latest copy of TechNet Magazine that it included two new posters. One of them was another Active Directory...(read more)

Access Free Virtual Labs from Microsoft

BrianM — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:42:00 GMT

I just found another gem that I'm sure everyone will love. While surfing over at IIS.net I saw that they had 5 virtual labs on IIS, three on IIS 7 and two on IIS 6. These are the real deals where you connect to an actual Virtual Machine and have free...(read more)

IIS7 Included in Server Core

BrianM — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:02:00 GMT

Bob Muglia mentioned in the keynote at TechEd 2007 (really wish I could be there) that IIS7 was in fact going to be included in Server Core . I know that a lot of hosting providers have been screaming for this and rightfully so. While this sounds like...(read more)