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AppCmd introduction and examples
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Conditionally start Application Pools on remote IIS web servers
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In this article you'll learn how to start all stopped application pools that have the ApplicationPool.AutoStart property set to $True using AppCmd.exe or PowerShell. This is something you often or occasionally have to perform on various servers, for example when an application pool hangs.
Redirect HTTP to HTTPS
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In this post I provide you various HTTP to HTTPS redirection methods, for Windows Server IIS and Linux Apache. Use these examples to your advantage to secure the traffic between your visitors and your website.
Convert .htaccess to web.config
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This post describes some of the IIS URL Rewrite Module web.config equivalents of commonly used Apache .htaccess settings. You'll learn how to translate .htaccess content to IIS web.config, this is useful when you need to migrate your website from Apache to Windows Server IIS.
PHP with WinCache on IIS
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