Website Performance with ASP.NET - Part4 - Use Cache Headers

“The fastest HTTP request is the one not made.” This simple rule can lead to faster page load times and less server load, without extensive performance optimization. In the last post, we tried to reduce the number of HTTP requests by combining and deferring them. That's a good idea, but wouldn't it be even better to not even make the...

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Web Deploy command line (msdeploy.exe) Scenario bash

The Web Deploy command line (msdeploy.exe) is located in "%programfiles%\IIS\Microsoft Web Deploy V2". This walkthrough will teach you how to utilize the command line in several common scenarios. The main elements of a Web Deploy command line are a verb or operation, a source, an optional destination and optional operation settings. MSDeploy.exe <-verb: name="">> <-source: object="">> [-dest:] [args…] format: Provider-type=[path-to-provider-object],...

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Visual Studio 2012 – Update 2 RTM!

Visual Studio Updates are a mechanism we are using to provide ongoing value throughout the year to our Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server customers. These updates will provide features to support the latest software trends in the market, and also offer an easy way to deploy bug fixes. Today we are excited to announce that Visual Studio Update 2 is now RTM!  - see Soma’s Blog Post with the official announcement. Modern application...

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Skype blocking 80 and 443 ports, Unable to have a local site with SSL

I was trying to add SSL to one of my local sites, but the site was always stopped, the issue was that skype was taking over the ports, see below hoe to fix it. When trying to start an IIS7 website, you can get the following message: “The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. (Exception from HRESULT: 0×80070020)”:  It’s...

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