Check it out!

IIS powered by logos are no official!

Enjoy

-brett

   

This time, I corralled Robert McMurray from the IIS team. He's working on publishing for IIS 7 some of which is not yet public info. The publishing story is in good hands with Robert as he has lots of great ideas about it (which he does not discuss in this podcast!). He's been working with IIS since --- IIS 1. Yikes. So he has career here is full of "institutional memory", and he's got a lot of good stories to tell. You can often find him at TechEds, PDCs etc as he's an avid "booth" worker and likes meeting customers. Besides that, he plays guitar!

Anyway, check out the interview at:

http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/IIS_Show

Not Bill G, silly, Bill S. Bill Staples the product unit manager for the IIS team which means the captain of the IIS boat.

He is often unpredictable about posting stuff that no one else yet knows about and he recently posted a new piece about RC1 and IIS 7.

http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2006/09/05/IIS7...

There's no blockbuster news there aside from the fact the RC1 is done. Outside of Microsoft it looks like just another release for a belated OS, but internally people are working their butts off to get this done. It's an intrusting process to witness from inside.

Expect to see an updated LH Server build available to beta participants very, very soon!

As Bill says in is blog, Vista and Longhorn are coming together pretty well. I recently updated my main working system to Vista (a process we call dogfooding.) and RC1 is clearly the best release to date. Looks like we're on track to hit our release dates. This means that you can start looking at IIS 7 in vista as very, very indicative of what you will see in Longhorn Server. Aside from some spit and polish and some significant performance testing, there will be some features added that make sense for an enterprise or high capability sever, but otherwise, Vista bits and LH server bits for IIS 7 will be very much alike

-brett

CR1 of Vista has been officially released. I am hopeful that most of you can get it since it is a widely distributed release. IIS 7 is included in this release and it will be virtually identical to the RTM version.

The IIS team is working hard on IIS 7, sever version now which will be almost identical to the Vista release with added support for UNC paths and other server based features. In other words, applications you develop on Vista will work on Longhorn Server, so you can start understanding how it works as well as studying the new system. web. administration API, modular design etc.

You can check IIS.net for updated content.

-brett

One of the most frequent question I hear is not so much about IIS but about some "add on" feautres like FTP. The IIS team has said various things and different times about topics like WebDAV, secure ftp, and FPSE (FrontPage Server Extensions). I asked the PM in charge of these things about what's going on and here's the official word.

• There will be an updated FTP server that will include FTPS not SFTP.
• There is a plan in place to provide FPSE equiavlent functionality/compatability. Hopefully there will be more details on this forthcoming.
• They are also working on a DAV provider.

Ok, I know that's vauge, but trust me - it's less vauge than usual on these topics. The key point here is that the "plan" is to have these capabllities in IIS 7. I put plan in quotes because even though it is not forseen, plans can change.

If you have questions, post them here or on IIS.net forums.

Thanks,

Brett

 

The IIS team is meeting this week over lunch where they have someone present to the extended team details about what's going on with IIS 7. It's cool cause you get to see everyone at once that you don't normally see in the same place and because it's a chance to review what's going on with each of the major section areas. Today the topic was security and Thomas Deml discusses some of the new features. Some of these details haven't been highlighted much so I'd thought it would be good to go over them.

#1 Best security feature and top ranking improvement of all time for IT Pros: the IUSR account is now a built in account. In other words, it's not a local account anymore like it is on IIS 4-6. You can finally copy your content from one IIS 7 to another and permissions you've set like "Deny IUSR Execute" will be good on the target system. That's a big help for replication and recovery.

#2 The IIS_WPG group goes away. You will no longer need to assign application pool identities to the IIS_WPG. Any application pool identity is automatically assigned to a built in group that has the right memberships to host the w3wp.exe process.

#3 Request Filtering: This is a manged module that lets you control what kinds of request will and won't be allowed to access the server, site, or application. Sort of like URLScan but lets you have different rules for different places.

#4 .NET Role/Membership Providers: You can use any .NET role or membership provider as the store for users and groups. This works with Forms auth of course so you can implement forms authentication for any content, like static files, .asp, .cfm or whatever you like - and store your users in just about any store you like - ADAM, XML, Oracle, MySQL, Access, SQLExpress2005, whatever you like.

#5 Hidden Namespaces: This is actually part of request processing but deserves to be called out separately. You can declare a namespace as hidden so a folder like "Secrets" cannot be accessed. This protects folders like AppData and AppCode for example.

#6 Skinny Install: When you install IIS 7, you do NOT get equivalent functionality to IIS 6. Since IIS 7 is more modular, it is possible to install less and still deliver some content. So, in keeping with the mantra "install only what you need", Microsoft isn't making assumptions about what you need except that since you said you wanted IIS 7 installed, there's decent chance you want the web server installed. However, if you want ASP.net, or CGI capability, or even Windows Authentication, you'll have to ask for it.  See http://brettblog.com/PermaLink,guid,d4f6c28c-83c5-4166-a805-61cb968172e6.aspx for details.

#7 Reduced Footprint: By removing modules you don't need from the server, you have reduced security exposure. This is not quite the same thing as #6. Skinny install is my own slang for the new reduced install feature set. That translates to fewer modules, but you could potentially take things down even further. The point here is that the feature set of IIS 7 is tweakable to host only those you require, thereby reducing the footprint and attack surface.

If you (or I) think of any more, I'll add them.

-brett

This article is by Technical Evangelist Michael Jurek. He has written a couple of IIS 7 modules that I use extensivly in demonstrations. Technically, this is a handler rather than module, but the point is the same - to illustrate how you can use managed code to modigy the behavior of the http request processing pipeline.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dniis/html/iis7run.asp

I enjoyed this post by my friends at port80software on Eweeks asseement of AJAX security.

Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt in Web 2.0

Features such jewels as:

eWEEK should be ashamed of statements like:

"By exploiting shortcomings in AJAX programmers' work, hackers may also be able to gain access to Web applications themselves and wreak havoc with online businesses." 

OK, I know fear mongering sells magazines, but let's rephrase that to ridicule eWEEK properly:

"Bad guys can do bad things if they can get into your site because you didn't do things right."

and

You can see eWEEK’s clear misunderstanding here:

"Now [an attacker] is inside your application and can create a pipeline that allows them to see all the function names, variables and parameters of your site," Hoffman said."

Hello? Inside the application?  When I view Amazon.com or any other site, I am inside their application, by this way of thinking.

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By in large, I agree with the sentiment that there is far too much fear mongering going on. I have a lot to say on this topic. More later.

-brett

 

 

 

Longhorn server has soom cool features but only a handful get any attention. Buried in the feature set is a complete overhaul of the tcp/ip stack. When I first heard about massive speed improvements with file transfers from using Longhorn, I was skeptical (which I usually am believe it or not of such claims). However, the source was had a lot of credibitily - it was Casey Jacobs from who manages Microsoft.com. Over luch one day he was detailing to me how they had done some preliminary testing on file transfer speeds. The result were so astounding they rechecked their numbers. I have been hesitant to make any public claims since I haven't confirmed their testing nor has the IIS team formally tested this scneario (yet). But I found where Casey blogged about it.

(http://blogs.technet.com/mscom/archive/2006/07/11/441154.aspx)

 Below are results from copying a 199MB file between Microsoft data centers:

• Pull from W2K3 in CA to W2K3 in WA:  ~2:12
• Pull from W2K3 in CA to Longhorn in WA:  ~0:12
• Pull from Longhorn in CA to Longhorn in WA:  ~0:04

This is a big deal improvement. IIS 7 will of course benefit from this. Based on this, we can speculate that IIS 7 will make an oustanding base for delivering large media files, VPCs, gigabytes of log files or other reports.

 

In fact, it might be possible for your Windows 2003 Server, when upgraded, to suddenly saturate your bandwidth!  Casey's tests reported they achieved >890Mbs per server. 

 

Casey quickly gets to this point:

 

With these gains in network utilization, there is a paradigm shift in what network utilization amounts to network congestion.  Previously with each client/server connection taking a relatively small portion of the available bandwidth over latent links, it was much easier to determine when network link utilization was becoming an issue.  Now, two servers can fill a 1 Gig WAN link all by themselves, .

For further information on the TCP/IP changes in Vista and Longhorn:

 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/network/evaluate/new_network.mspx

 

-brett

 

I'm updating my list of blogs to watch for IIS 7 content.

Kanwaljeet’s blog has a couple of posts with details you won’t find anywhere else.

http://blogs.iis.net/ksingla/

.

Of course, David Wang’s blog is indispensable.

http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/

 

Thomas Deml often has useful bits.

http://iisgeek.no-ip.org/

 

If you have any others that are must have's, let me know.

-brett

I don't know if you've seen this, but there's a new, free service from the Windows Live division of Microsoft called FolderShare. Evidently, Microsoft bought this stuff a couple of months ago. It let's you synchronize folders between computers across the net.

You can get this guy at http://www.foldershare.com/. It's free and lets you synch about 2GB of data with multiple systems.

 

 

Finally, this information has been posted:

http://www.iis.net/default.aspx?tabid=2&subtabid=25&i=1100

For some reason marketing has gone wild creating a bazillion version of Vista. I'm telling you right now, I am not going to answer questions like "why doesn't X work on Home" when it's not part of the feature set. Not cause I don't care that it's confusing and unncessarily complicated, just that the avalanche of questions would mean I would get nothing else done. Perhaps I should setup a 1 800number like 1800IISWhatup to answer this. Press 1 if you have Vista home, 2 for ...., Press 123 if you have Vista for Donut Manufacturing Professionas... 

-brett

 

In case you missed the hoopla, Virtual PC is now a free product. You can download it at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx It's not a trial, it's fully functional. As far as running Vista / IIS  7 in it, there are some new beta2 additions you can and should install. It appears they are on http://connect.microsoft.com so you'd have to be in a beta program to get to them. Seems odd since Beta2 can be downloaded publicly. Sign up for the Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Beta if you’re not already in it.

At any rate, I am delighted that Microsoft is making this stuff avail for free. This follows the dramatic success of the Express editions for Visual Studio.

Of course, the entire virtualization thing is huge now and internally, there is a lot of activity around that. Be aware that in order to get the latest virtualization technology in Longhorn Server, you will have to have the 64 bit version. That's something I don't think is widely known, but is not a secret. Of course, we got ways to go on LH Server, but in Microsoft time, a year is almost tommorrow.

I should right about working at Microsoft as a time compression experience - it's weird.

-brett

 

Very interesting news today. It appears that Microsoft has purchased the famous Sysinternals company - makers for Filemon, regmeon and the amazing process explorer tool as well as other indispensible utilities. From a technical point of view, these tools are the most commonly referenced non-Microsoft software at Microsoft. When I was teaching IIS classes, I used to say "put filemon on a USB stick and carry it around with you everywhere you go". I also used to joke that I had keyboard macro to reply to emails "use filemon".

And process explorer - I mean - wow. Have you ever tried that thing? It's beyond belief amazing. No one understand the insides of a Microsoft OS like Mark Russonvich and he will be a great asset for Microsoft. In truth, I wonder how this has come about as the last time I talked to Mark (I know him from our frequent intersections at variours speaking events), his working for Microsoft did not seem like a remote possiblity. He's irritiated more than one person by publishing "secrets" about how things work. He's a great guy and I hope made a bazillion doallars on the buyout.

http://news.com.com/Microsoft+buys+Windows+utility+software+maker/2100-1016_3-6095376.html?tag=nefd.top

 

-brett

 

Eweek reviews IIS 7 saying it should be getting more attention. I agree of course.  http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1988880,00.asp

-brett

 

http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=215282

A new video was just posted to Channel 9. This is me and Thomas Deml, IIS uber PM, being "interviewed" by my boss, James Conard about IIS 7 extensibility. IIS 7 really does open a lot of new doors for web developers so check it out. If you want details on the developer side of isle, check out the examples and sample code iis.net. Go to the TechCenter and filter on IIS7.

-brett

 

eWEEK posted a pefomance article testing open source applications on Windows Server 2003 R2. The premise was to test peformance of open source technologies running on Windows vs Linux.

The Windows based stacks did very well in the tests overall leading to the conclusion that "Enterprise IT managers shouldn't hesitate to look into the option of deploying open-source stacks on a Windows Server platform."

It's mind boggling, however, that the only test off IIS 6 here is with Sharepoint. I would love to have seen Windows+IIS+PHP+MySQL vs LAMP in this test.

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1983364,00.asp

-brett

 

At Microsoft, most people have their own office. Even a lowbie like me has a private space with a door that closes and I appreciate that. However, it is pretty common for people to be relocated fairly often as new hires come in, people leave for new jobs in and out of Microsoft and team priorities change requiring reduced or increased staffing.

So, as you may have heard Robert Scoble is leaving Microsoft, and this happens just as we are shuffling offices. I got shuffled into Robert's office. Now, don't go thinking it's anything special ... Not.

He did leave a gigantic box of video tapes and some other stuff, and we had a few chats in the hall about his move. Robert was always very approachable and kind to me, something I appreciate from anyone, and even moreso from somone who has his name recognition. Some people are pretty stuffy when they think they are "someone" instead of  themselves.

At any rate. I thought it was at least intresting that I'm landing in his office. Maybe it will result in more blogging!

-brett

... I happened to be interviewed Adam Machanic (SQL MVP) as I passed by the database section of the exhibitaiton. My ramblings were captured on video and posted here. http://www.sswug.org/sswugradio/getpodcast.asp?pid=119 

In this edition, I interview Henry Seiller from the IIS team. Henry is in charge of installation and upgrades at it relates to IIS on Vista and Longhorn. This is actually a pretty interesting topic and there are significant changes under the hood.

Check it out http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/IIS_Show

-brett

 

So I loaded a screencast on Channel 9 today at http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=206237. It's about installing IIS7 on Vista. Haven't done one of these screencasts before so forgive the resolution. A link to a better one is here: InstallingIIS7onVista.wmv (70.97 MB).

Short story is IIS 7 modular so the IIS team had an interesting situation to consider. Since we claim all over the place to be "secure by default", the question arises - now that we can opt to not load certain features in IIS 7 that are loaded all the time in IIS 6 (CGI processing, ADSI compatibility, Digest authentication for example): should we load things that customer expect since that they way IIS 6 works, or not load things they don't ask for making it more secure. The current trend in that discussion is the "not" side of the discussion. As as result, IIS 7 doesn't do some thing you might expect if you just install the default configuration. Here's a video that explains shows you some of the details.

-brett

 

I just created a new discussion list for IIS 7 on my list server.

You can signup at http://iislists.com if you want to. No spam I promise.

FYI, this list server is not associated with Mircrosoft, just something I do to help the community. I've had the list server for years, long before I started at Microsoft.

So, if you want to subscribe, please do. It is not moderated (unless people go crazy which happens from time to time so I'll intervene if necessary, but is rare). There are a lot of good admins on the IIS6 lists, so check it out. 

-brett

 

I spent the week hanging out at the IIS booth at TechEd. The booth was, as usual for IIS, located in the back and kind of out of site. "Can't get no respect". I didn't do any formal presentations this year but did a few "chalktalks". A chalktalk is what we call a presentation that is not a formal "breakout" session. The chalktalks were presented at the little theatre style areas on the expo floor. If you go to a Microsoft event, be sure to check these out as they often have the coolest info. Theres usually about 5-25 people there so you can ask a lot of questions, the presenters are typically expert in their topics and the presenter is able to do a much for relaxed, free form presentation.

One of my favorites was Andrew Lin, who works with the IIS team on the UI and administration, doing a presentation on the new Microsoft.web.adminstration API for IIS 7. In real time, he created a little comman line utility that did basic operations like create a website, assign it an app pool, then added features to with just a couple of lines of code like stop and start the site etc. Very nice. He took requests (or at least tried to get requests) from the audience about what to add. In the end, he had a little utility that would do some basic operations for administering a site using the the ne managed code API. Before you ask, APPCMD, the new command line utility, will do all of these things as well. The point was to show off the new API and how you can write code to deploy content as well as mange the server quite easily.

Another favority demo was on that Alexis Eller, IIS PM, did in her formal breakout session. I was really amazed at her demo bravery. She installed Community Server on IIS 7 in real time then loaded it with request using prepared Wcat scripts. Then she used Powershell to implement a WMI call to show the currently executing requests (using the new APIs again), in a worker process but only when the CPU use was over 75%. This worked flawlessly and the powershell code was only about 20 lines of code. When this ran, every 10 seconds or so, the screen would show about 10-15 currently exectuing requests, then pause as the CPU load dropped, then list some more lines, then drop. Very cool stuff. She'll proably post it on IIS.net, but I'll ask her about it.

People who saw IIS 7 were pretty impressed and of course the biggest complaint is that we have to wait till Longhorn Server. So next year, expect IIS 7 to be huge at TechEd! Looking forward to that.

These guys came to redmond a year ago to see IIS 7 and are the first I know about to offer IIS 7 to customers. Many more to come, but as usual, MaximumASP delivers. --------- MaximumASP to Provide Hosting for Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0; MaximumASP Launches Hosting Accounts for Microsoft Windows Server ``Longhorn'' Beta 2 and IIS 7.0 LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 2006--MaximumASP, a leading provider of Microsoft Windows-based hosting services, today announced that it will be Microsoft Corp.'s first partner to provide free beta test accounts featuring Microsoft Windows Server "Longhorn" Beta 2 and Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0. This new technology release will be available in a hosted environment, allowing users from around the world to test and evaluate the new platform free of charge. "MaximumASP is a natural choice to debut IIS 7.0 in a hosted environment. Throughout the evaluation and testing process, MaximumASP demonstrated excellent flexibility and technical skill, and has developed a strong relationship with the developer product groups at Microsoft," said Bill Staples, product unit manager of IIS 7.0 at Microsoft. "The IIS product is at the center of Microsoft's Web platform strategy. IIS serves as the underlying hosting and management infrastructure for all of Microsoft's Web platform technologies including ASP.NET and Windows Communication Foundation. Microsoft is excited to work with MaximumASP as an early adopter of IIS 7.0 and believes its commitment to quality hosting and excellent customer service will result in a fantastic opportunity for customers to evaluate IIS 7.0." "We are very excited about the IIS 7.0 architecture and anxious to give users a sneak preview of how it will change management of hosted sites and Web applications," said Chris Page, CTIO of MaximumASP. "MaximumASP continues to lead the hosting industry by giving our customers a competitive edge and enabling them to be first-to-market with new solutions." Page also added, "Since 2000 we have been a solution for professional Microsoft developers seeking a partner in the hosting space that understands their needs and approaches hosting from their point of view. Our business model allows developers to focus their attention on what they do well: develop, deploy, and support web-based applications using Microsoft technologies. MaximumASP is thrilled to offer the latest innovation from Microsoft while also providing the back-end infrastructure and management to ensure maximum reliability and scalability for end users." To learn more about this exciting new technology and corresponding support visit: www.iis.net What's new in IIS 7.0? The short answer is "a lot!" IIS 7.0 makes it easy to: -- Minimize patching and security risks with fine grained control over the Web server footprint -- Implement powerful Web solutions rapidly with a new extensibility framework -- Go to market faster with simplified deployment and configuration of applications -- Reduce administrative costs by managing Web infrastructure more efficiently -- Reduce Web site downtime by quickly resolving faulty applications What's new with Windows Server "Longhorn" Beta 2? The next version of Microsoft Windows Server, code-named "Longhorn," is the next-generation Windows Server operating system that will help IT professionals maximize control over their infrastructure and deliver a more secure, reliable and robust server environment. Windows Server "Longhorn" Beta 2 is now available to subscribers to TechNet and MSDN in addition to select beta testers, customers, and partners. Beta 2 is aimed at hardware manufacturers, independent software vendors and developers, and the IT professional community. Windows "Longhorn" Server Beta 2 offers a unified platform for Web publishing integrating with IIS 7.0, Microsoft ASP.NET, Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. MaximumASP, based in Louisville, Kentucky, was founded in 2000 as an outsourcing firm for Microsoft Windows-based hosting services. The company currently hosts more than 44,000 domains for customers in over 60 countries. With a strong focus on hosting solutions that combine advanced monitoring and management tools, MaximumASP has become a top choice for Microsoft developers seeking a robust hosting platform for mission-critical web applications. For more information visit www.maximumasp.com The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Study Finds Windows Server More Reliable Than Linux InternetNews - 6/8/2006 A study by the Yankee Group has found that Windows Server 2003 had nearly 20 percent more annual uptime in similar deployment scenarios over Linux. http://www.internetnews.com/stats/article.php/3611926

This podcast in the ASP.net Podcast show series by Wally McClure features an interview with Thomas Deml and Chris Adams from the IIS team and myself. Thomas is a group program manager on the team which means he manages a few other program mangaers. Chris is the community program manager and I'm a technical evangelist that has a "dotted line" connection to the team, but work actually for the LongHorn Server evangelism group in DPE (Developer and Platform Evangelism). -brett Check it out: http://aspnetpodcast.com/CS11/blogs/asp.net_podcast/archive/2006/05/30/329.aspx

If you're intrested in being a Technical Evangelist for Longhorn Server, High Availability, or other Microsoft technology see http://blogs.msdn.com/neilhut/default.aspx for details. If you have to work for a company, Microsoft is about as good as it gets. -brett

Bill has done a really cool thing. He's installed IIS 7 on his MAC, and posted the vearious IIS 7 wallpapers he's created over the last year. Aside from running the team that delivers IIS, he's a solid photographer and graphic designer. http://blogs.iis.net/bills/default.aspx

IIS Docs have been updated and are now online

IT Pro Operations (how-to):

http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/d0de9475-0439-4ec1-8337-2bcedacd15c71033.mspx

 

WMI

http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/IIS_70_AdminSDK/html/cd4f6f61-0b56-41cf-ac81-c6c28d2724c7.asp?frame=true

 

SDK

http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/iis_70_webextsdk/html/6c07a4d0-1bf0-45d3-8178-25df76e6740c.asp?frame=true

 

OMG! Microsoft released 3 betas today. Beta 2 if Vista, and Longhorn Server, both with IIS7 - and Office. In addition the IIS team opened www.iis.net to the public. The team has been working major hours to get the iis.net ready for general public. For those of you waiting for the nitty gritty details on IIS7 - the wait is over. One of the very coolest features of this site is the virtual labs. You can test drive IIS 7 labs in your browser! Very nice. I'll be frequenting the forums there so check it out. -brett

Ever wonder what Microsoft.com with their IIS 6 servers to deliver all of Microsoft.com to the world? I've heard people say all kinds for things like they don't really use IIS (they do), or that they use customized, private builds of IIS 6 not available to the rest of the world (they don't). They've put together some papers to tell all about how they do what they do and hopefully this will be of use to you.

 

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/msit/deploy/mscomserverconfig_note.mspx

 

 

  Microsoft.com Moves to x64 Version of Windows

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/msit/operations/mscom64bitarchi.mspx

 

·         Optimizing Storage Management at Microsoft

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/msit/operations/storageutility.mspx

 

·         Monitoring and Troubleshooting Microsoft.com

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/itsolutions/msit/operations/mscomtroubleshoot.mspx

 

Also, this series of upcoming webcasts promises to be AMAZING

 

·         TechNet Webcast: Microsoft.com Operations Introduces Real World Debugging: Determining When You Have a Problem and Beginning the Initial Debugging (Level 300)

·         TechNet Webcast: Microsoft.com Operations Introduces Real World Debugging: Determining When You Have a Problem and Beginning the Initial Debugging (Level 300)

·         TechNet Webcast: Microsoft.com Operations Introduces Real World Debugging: Determining When You Have a Problem and Beginning the Initial Debugging (Level 300)

·         TechNet Webcast: Microsoft.com Operations Introduces Real World Debugging: Determining When You Have a Problem and Beginning the Initial Debugging (Level 300)

·         TechNet Webcast: Microsoft.com Operations Introduces Real World Debugging: Determining When You Have a Problem and Beginning the Initial Debugging (Level 300)

 

David is the IIS ubergeek of all time. Check out his blog at http://blogs.msdn.com/david.wang/default.aspx

So part of my team here are Microsoft is producing a new Microsoft event called Mix. This is going to a very different kind of Microsoft event. Much more feedback, interaction, and a lot of presentations by non-MS thought leaders. You might be intrested so check it out:

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Microsoft invites you to MIX, our 72 hour conversation live in Vegas, to discuss with industry leaders such as yourself high-fidelity commerce, media, services and security for the World Wide Web.  Join Bill Gates of Microsoft, Amazon, and web thought leaders such as Tim O’Reilly on March 20-22 at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas to learn about the web’s next generation of content and commerce, plus the customer experience that is beyond the browser.  Registration is open!  www.mix06.com

 

The MIX conference is a LIVE conversation between web developers, designers and business leaders who create consumer-oriented web sites. Why is it called MIX?  The event is not only a place where you can Meet, Interact, and eXplore with Microsoft and others about the web, but we are MIXing things up by having a conference for tech geeks as well as business professionals who help make decisions about technologies and strategies for your company’s customer facing web sites.  When you attend MIX you’ll hear about Microsoft’s roadmap for the web, and learn the latest about IE7, Windows Media, Windows Live!, as well as “Atlas”, Microsoft’s new AJAX framework.  Register today and take advantage of the low price of $995, as well as the discounted conference hotel rate.

 

At MIX: