Tag IIS

Windows Server

Disable ECDH public server param reuse in Windows Server IIS

Windows Server IIS is known for reusing DH key values, but there is a way to disable ECDH public server param reuse in Windows Server IIS and here is how.

Windows Server

Install IIS in Windows 11 using PowerShell

Install IIS and Windows Features using PowerShell

Have a need for IIS in your Windows 11 development station, and now you wonder how to install IIS? Here I describe how you can easily install IIS and some modules using PowerShell

Windows Server

Monitor website performance in IIS with Zabbix

Zabbix is a great tool to monitor your website performance on IIS using Performance Counters, PowerShell and WMI.

Jan Reilink
2024-01-29

Windows Server

Install SSL/TLS certificates in Windows Server using PowerShell

The following PowerShell snippet can be used to quickly install an SSL (or TLS) certificate in Windows Server. It assumes you have a PFX file and its password. The default location is Cert:\LocalMachine\My, to use for IIS websites.

Windows Server

Tune Windows Server TCP/IP and IIS

In this small post I'll guide you through the various Windows Server and IIS configuration settings, for an optimized network performance, high performance websites and high volume of web requests.

Jan Reilink
2023-06-21

Web applications

How to optimize Umbraco 8 performance

Out of the box, Umbraco is a well built and pretty fast content management system. However, it is still important you perform some steps to further optimize Umbraco's performance and loading speed.

Windows Server

How to enable HTTP/3 in Windows Server 2022

$Windows Performance Counter QUIC Performance Diagnostics\QUIC connections connected$

Native support for HTTP/3 in Windows Server 2022, jeej! Host HTTP/3 web services in Windows

Windows Server

Install and setup IIS Manager for Remote Administration in Windows Server IIS (step by step)

Start Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager as Administrator

Use IIS Manager to administer various components of your website through a graphical user interface (GUI) if it's hosted in Windows Server IIS. In this article you'll learn how to install and setup IIS Manager in Windows 11/10 to manage your website(s).

Windows Server

How to remove IIS from Windows Server using PowerShell

IIS Manager Connect to a Site... menu option

Follow this if you have no more need for Windows Server IIS and want to remove IIS completely from Windows Server using PowerShell

Windows Server

Basic Authentication module for Windows Server IIS 10

HTTP Basic Authentication managed module for IIS enables HTTP Basic Authentication with virtual user support in Windows Server IIS.

Windows Server

IIS 10.0 FTP IP Security allow list

IIS FTP IP Address and Domain Restrictions

In this post I'll show you how to configure an IP allow list for IIS FTP Server using PowerShell, iisadministration and webadministration modules.

Windows Server

IIS backup and restore

Learn how to back up and restore IIS 10 webserver configuration with appcmd.exe and PowerShell

Web applications

11+ Tips to optimize Umbraco 7 CMS

Umbraco 7 is a popular, ASP.NET powered, content management system (CMS). Out of the box Umbraco performs pretty well, but there are still some areas you need to tweak and tune for a more performant Umbraco website. Here are 11+ tips.

Jan Reilink
2018-11-07

Windows Server

How to: Determine installed .NET Framework versions

Users can install and run multiple .NET Framework versions on their computers. When you develop or deploy your app, you might need to know which .NET versions are installed on a machine and here is how to check the .NET version.

Jan Reilink
2017-09-07

Windows Server

WsusPool keeps crashing: stops again and again

WSUS IIS Application Pool Advanced Settings

WSUSPool keeps stopping? Sometimes you find your WSUS server keeps crashing over and over again. The WSUS application pool periodically stops, WSUS is unavailable and/or the WSUS management console hangs.

Windows Server

What are 4 important security measures for Windows Server & IIS 10?

In this post I address four (4) important actionable security measures for your servers running Windows Server (AD DS, DFS, IIS) and RDP.

Windows Server

Free up disk space in Windows Server – 5 extra methods

a row of trash cans sitting on top of a sidewalk

In this post I provide you with 5 ways to cleanup files and free up disk space in Windows Server 2016 (and older / newer Windows Server version), without using the Disk Cleanup Utility. Reclaim lots of lost gigabytes easy. Disk space usage is still an issue in Windows Server.

Windows Server

How to install IIS URL Rewrite Module on Windows Server 2016 & IIS 10

IIS URL Rewrite Module error: IIS Version 7.0 or greater is required to install IIS URL Rewrite Module 2.

When you start to play with Windows Server 2016 and IIS 10, you'll get an error when you try to install the IIS URL Rewrite Module in IIS. The error occurs because the URL Rewrite Module installer contains an invalid version check for the IIS being used. Here is how to install IIS URL Rewrite Module 2 in IIS 10...