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Different virtual directories exchange mailbox server
Hello all, We are in exchange design phase , and we suggested to define different virtual directory than those published on the iis default website . Why that ? For example to disable owa and ecp on the default website and to be enabled on the new…
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Exchange | Exchange Server | Management
Cannot edit a web application
Hi I have asp.net web application, I try to edit the code but the content of the site does not change, I tried to convert the web application to a web site but another error appears instead of displaying GDI+ graphics showing a black screen and one…
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SMTP smart host
Hi, We have provisioned VM in Azure for applications purpose. Now the applications want to send email, is there a way to do it in Windows server or setup a VM to perform this function?
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IIS 10 SMTP Server certificate error
Hi Help please! I am trying to set up IIS SMTP Server in Windows Server 2019. I have done similar in Server 2016 with no problem. Any attempt to send email fails with the error message Exception Message: Exception calling "Send" with…
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UPdate to .net 4.8
Hi - I have a project to upgrade the .net version to .net 4.8 . While all seems straight forward for the installation I wanted see if there is something I need to be cautious about. For the web servers, do I need to point the app pool or any other…
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Vulnerability CVE-2008-1446
We are running window server 2008 standard edition with SP2. Our security team has run a PCI Pen test on our web server and it came up with the report mentioned below. Our sites are hosted on IIS 7.0 . We have tried installing security patch KB953155…
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Builtin account for CEP/CES certificate
I set up my CEP certificate server to use the application pool and when I test it, it gives me a green light on the pass through but cannot verify the builtin account authentication. I have read in other tech notes that I need to set up a service account…
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Cannot install ARRv3_0 using Web Platform Installer RSS
I am trying to install Application Request Routing by using Web Platform Installer RSS but Cannot install ARRv3_0 using Web Platform Installer RSS
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Multiple URL Rewrites
I'm setting an IIS rewrite on one of my sites. The site is accessed through multiple bindings, which are accessed via bookmarks and etc. eg: http://intranet/* http://intranet.contoso.local/* http://newsite.contoso.local/* I want them ALL to…
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My app sometimes shows 403-Forbidden: Access is denied error
Hello expert, I got a strange problem. My application works normally on iis, but the 403-Forbidden: Access is denied error suddenly appeared yesterday. I am not sure why this is, but when I ran it again today , It works normally again. Does anyone…
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Subdomain on IIS
I have an alias (cname) that I would like to redirect to a subfolder in IIS? on server19 In the past I thought I just converted it to a subdomain, I don't see that option? I'm successfully making it at the main page by adding it to the bindings but I…
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Windows authentication with impersonation false is not working in windows 2008 server
Hi, My application is hosted in two different Windows 2008 servers (which are Quality and Production). In the Quality server, "Windows authentication and impersonation false" is working fine. But in Production server "Windows…
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Creating Web.config redirect rule for wordpress site on Azure IIS that includes page-to-page redirects
HELP! We just changed the URL on our Azure hosted website. The old home page redirects correctly, BUT none of the subpages are redirecting. Instead of newsite.com/contact-us....you can type in oldsite.com/contact-us and it does not redirect. …
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Server 2019 IIS - No prompt for credentials when using authentication
I have migrated a website from Server 2012 to Server 2019. I have a few folders on the website that need limited access. Previously basic authentication worked using local accounts on the server to grant access. However the client's web browser does…
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Visual Studio 2019 can't publish to IIS
I'm running Visual Studio 2019 16.9.3. For several years I've been able to go to the Build menu and select Publish to deploy my ASP.NET application to an IIS Server running Windows Server 2019. Now it either gives me an error that the web publishing…
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What exactly is the task registered in the task scheduler called SR
I have a test program installed on the server. The program needs to check and transfer the data to another control computer within 3 seconds, but at 00:00 on March 3, the data could not be transmitted once. After that it's normal As a result of checking…
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Downlevel IIS version on Server 2019
Is IIS 8.5 compatible with Windows Server 2019 & if so, how would I install it? Thx
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Alternative to provide Local Administrative Privilege
Our developer team is in need of Local Administrator Privileges so that the following options they can make us of 1) Publish in Visual Studio 2) Create Website/Virtual Directory and debug through Local IIS However our compliance team is skeptical about…
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IIS App Pool Virtual Memory drastically increase when generate report using Crystal Report
Hi All, We have developed ASP.net web application and deployed in IIS with 32bit enabled. We are getting Out of memory issue when generate the crystal report. The memory is not releasing after the report as well. We have analyzed the code and used…
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IIS web server how can i mirror incoming web traffic to another machine
I need traffic mirroring for iis web server . I tried using ARR(Application Request Routing) and Url Rewrite for that but i dont need reverse proxy . I just want to send traffic to another port not getting response from there. Is it possible to do that ?
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