Write to the Event Log with Powershell Writing to the Event Log is one of my preffered methods of logging in Powershell or .NET. Luckily Powershell makes it pretty easy. You can quickly add Powershell Event Logging to your scripts using this snippet.

Powershell One Liner to do a Quick IIS App Pool Recycle As I mentioned on a previous post, doing an IIS Reset is the worse thing you can do to an IIS Environment. 99% of the time you just need to tear down the AppDomain and load a new one. Performing an IIS Reset does...

A Gentle Windows Azure Introduction Cloud Infrastructure is a technology that’s here to stay. Different business models will factor into how its used. Start-ups will likely primarily use Cloud Infrastructure, while larger Enterprises will take a hybrid approach. In looking at the Windows Infrastructure, I feel Microsoft will be pouring more resources into making Azure the primary...

IIS Configuration can be as much an art as it is a science. Here are the Top 10 IIS Configuration Tips I use when building or maintaining an environments.