A 403 Forbidden is an HTTP status code returned by a web server when a user requests a resource and the server rejects the request. In other words, the server can be reached, but the server declined to allow access to the page. The message that most browsers display is misleading. Most people think its related...
As discussed on the Top 10 IIS Configuration Tips article, the Shared Configuration feature is a must have for building web farms with IIS. But let’s look at how we can use Powershell to script IIS Shared Configuration. If we’re building and managing multiple farms or one very large farm, being able to automate the setup will...
Bad Data. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80090005) If your using a Shared Configuration in IIS7 or IIS8 this error message is one of the biggest challenges with the solution. As I mentioned on the Top Ten IIS Configuration Tips article, IIS Shared Configuration is a great solution for creating and maintaining web farms. But the are a handful...
Needing to run SQL Scripts can be a day to day task for System Administration and DevOps. If you have dozens of SQL Scripts to run this can quickly become a tedious job. Automating this with a Powershell script is an obvious solution. But running SQL Scripts in Powershell is not as easy as it...