Recycling an Application Pool is an action that only should be performed by admins. However, here is a way to recycle an Application Pool by a non-admin user. Environment: VM “Test01” => from where we are going to use “msdeploy.exe” and recycle an ApplicationPool from “Test2”. VM “Test2”. Both VM’s must…

In this article we will use IIS as a reverse proxy to a WebSocket Server. Prerequisites: Node.js (Download | Node.js (nodejs.org)). NPM (Node.js includes it). IIS Default Installation (through Server Manager). IIS module/feature “WebSocket Protocol” installed and enabled (“system.webServer/webSocket/enabled = True”). ARR 3.0 (Download Microsoft Application Request Routing 3.0 …

What are Design Patterns? Design Patterns are solutions to common problems. You know how there is always one guy in the group who never does his part right (?). Well, let us say I come up with an actual solution to address this issue. It has worked for me multiple times and every time…

What Are Bindings? Bindings are a collection of elements that define how your website will be accessed. For example: Is your website going to be accessed through HTTP, HTTPS, both? Which domain name are you going to use? Which port are you going to use? These are the basic settings: Type: HTTP |…

What is HSTS? The HTTP Strict-Transport-Security is a response header that tells a browser that it should only access the site through HTTPS. Why do we need HSTS? HTTP Strict-Transport-Security header is used to prevent SSL Stripping attack. Basically, a man-in-the-middle that intercepts your HTTP request. We rarely type“https://” when we browse to a website. Besides, sometimes, we…

Having Issues with IE Mode and SSO? Say you already have home page in IE Mode. “www.microsoft.com” However, you are having issues using SSO and users cannot login successfully. In my case, when I try to log in, for a few moments I noticed that I get out of IE mode and, I got redirected to…

Basic Concepts Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Secure protocol tunnel across the internet. Transport Layer Security (TLS) Secure protocol tunnel across the internet. The successor of SSL. Public Key Infrastructure (PKI): System of servers and protocols that enable the creation, validation, and revocation of digital certificates (electronic identification). They can be commercial service…

What is Authentication? Authentication is the process of identifying and providing that identity to a remote service. It is the process of proving that you are who you say you are. What is Client Certificate Mapping Authentication? IIS provides six authentication options. One of these options is called “Client Certificate Authentication”. …

Prerequisites: Download Visual Studio Download Bot Framework v4 SDK Templates for Visual Studio Download BotFramework-Emulator Azure subscription Download NET Core 3.1 Windows Hosting Bundle Creating And Deploying Azure Bot on Web Chat channel To create and deploy an Azure bot you will need four main things: Create bot itself (we will use a template for this). Create an Azure App…