IIS Express 8 – Cannot write configuration file

Reading Time: < 1 minute Issue I am trying to use IIS Express 8 for a Web site in VS2013. I am getting the following error whenever I attempt to create the website site. Filename: \?\C:\Users\xxxxxx\Documents\IISExpress\config\applicationHost.config Error: Cannot write configuration file Solution Go to the IISExpress directory C:\Users\xxxxxx\Documents\IISExpress\ Remove encryption from the directory. ie. Right click …

ASP.NET 5 First look

Reading Time: < 1 minute I’m excited today to read the post about a new release of ASP.NET Version 5. since this new release is one of the most significant architectural updates we’ve done to ASP.NET. ASP.NET 5 is an open source web framework for building modern web applications that can be developed and run on …

Seamless HTTP and HTTPS Websites monitoring – Use HTTPWatch

Reading Time: < 1 minute HttpWatch is an integrated HTTP sniffer for IE and Firefox that provides new insights into how your website loads and performs Trouble shooting Performance tuning  Verifying that a site is secure and does not expose sensitive information  Benefits Seamless HTTP and HTTPS monitoring without changing network settings or adding proxies …

Best Practices for ASP.Net Application Production deployment

Reading Time: 5 minutes 1.    Use trusted SQL connections with integrated authentication  To make the production environment more secure, one of the things we looked into was securing the database connection information between the web server and SQL server. 2.    Use the Aspnet_setreg.exe utility to encrypt the connection string and store it in the …

Deployment Element – force the ‘debug’ flag in the web.config to be false

Reading Time: < 1 minute To disables ASP.NET certain configuration settings such as trace output, custom errors, and debug capabilities. Set retail=”true” in your machine.config in the production server <configuration> <system.web> <deployment retail=”true”/> </system.web> </configuration> It will force the ‘debug’ flag in the web.config to be false, disable page output tracing, and� also force the custom …

Feature Installtion Error – STSADM: The farm is unavailable

Reading Time: < 1 minute We created an feature and try to install in the sharepoint server using stsadm command, it trows STSADM: The farm is unavailable Error. After tried we find the solution. The installing user not having rights in SQL server. ie.the Principal running the command does not have access to the SQL …

WIF – Windows Identity Foundation

Reading Time: 3 minutes Identity Challenges Most developers are not security experts and many feel uncomfortable being given the job of authenticating, authorizing, and personalizing experiences for users. It’s not a subject that has been traditionally taught in computer science curriculum, and these features tend to be ignored until late in the software development …

SharePoint 2010 Public Beta now available for Download

Reading Time: < 1 minute Sharepoint 2010 Beta – [REF MSDN] Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Beta is the business collaboration platform for the Enterprise and the Web that enables you to connect and empower people through an integrated set of rich features. Whether deployed on-premise or as a hosted service, SharePoint Server 2010 helps you …