Scott Forsyth's Blog
Postings on IIS, ASP.NET, SQL Server, Webfarms and general system admin.
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Understanding IIS Bindings
Internet Information Services (IIS) uses 4 decision points for the site bindings. They are the protocol, port, IP and host header. This video lesson walks through the bindings and shows how each one is used.
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Three Tricks For Capturing Command Line Output
The command line is still with us, in fact is some ways it’s stronger than ever. Sometimes it may be necessary to capture the command line output. This short video covers 3 tricks to capturing the command line output.
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Nslookup–the Ultimate DNS Troubleshooting Tool
Ever need to troubleshoot DNS related issues? Nslookup is the tool for you, and today I cover how to use this powerful little tool, along with some real-world examples.
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Understanding DNS Zone Records–Web Pro Series–Week 2
Today I cover DNS Zone Records , part 2 of a 52 week series on a number of web technology related topics. This is a “Level 101” video, covering what A, CNAME, MX, TXT records are, as well as the difference between a DNS Client and Server, and DNS wildcards.
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Web Pro Series–Week 1 (ping and tracert)
To start off the new year, today I’m starting a series of walkthrough videos which I plan to publish weekly for the duration of 2011. I’ve wanted to create some walkthroughs on a few technologies for a while now, so here I am, committing myself to a year worth.
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The State and Future of Virtualization in the Cloud
What does virtualization in the cloud mean to you? Or, maybe a better question is, where will ‘the cloud’ take us over the next decade?
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Targeting the .NET Framework Version and Bitness with AppCmd
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MVC 3 AJAX redirecting instead of updating DIV
I ran into an issue today that took a good part of the afternoon to track down so I thought I would post the story in case it helps anyone else.
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What the “Failed Requests” counter in ARR really means
While troubleshooting an intermittent performance issue recently, the question came up: “What does the Failed Requests” counter in the Monitoring and Management feature in Application Request Routing (ARR) mean?”
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Test-Drive ASP.NET MVC by Jonathan McCracken
I just finished reading Test-Drive ASP.NET MVC by Jonathan McCracken. What a refreshing and worthwhile book. As the title implies, the book covers both Test Driven Development (TDD) and MVC 2.0, as well as some other essentials of application development. Jonathan takes the reader through an end to end ‘experience’ of developing a full application called GetOrganized, a toolset inspired by Getting Things Done by David Allen.