Microsoft.com Operations

The Mystery of the Missing Process Performance Counter in Perfmon

MSCOM — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:57:00 GMT

One typical day I receive a request from a performance tester who is trying to collect some baseline production data about www.microsoft.com , the request seemed simple collect a couple of performance counter values during peak hours and post the data...(read more)

SE Tips and Tricks -- Save aTS Session Run Remote... Find Hyper V information

MSCOM — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:58:00 GMT

Editors Note: One the System Engineers that run the servers that host www.Microsoft.com told me that he wanted to start posting some of the methods and tips and tricks that they use when managing one of the most heavily visitied web site in the world....(read more)

Microsoft.com Operations Performance Analysis of IIS 7.0/Windows Server 2008

MSCOM — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:12:00 GMT

Now that Windows Server 2008 has been released earlier this year many enterprises are assessing the value proposition of moving to the Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7.0. As an IT Pro or decision maker in this process you want real world working proof to...(read more)

New IIS 7.0 White Paper…Internet Information Services 7.0 in Windows Server 2008 Provides an Improved Web and Application Platform

MSCOM — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:20:00 GMT

This paper discusses the management, security, performance and extensibility improvements when Windows Server 2008 is deployed to host and manage applications and services that run on the server and/or over the Web. Check it out on this TechNet link ...(read more)

Modern .NET Development and The Joy of Simple LINQ to SQL

MSCOM — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:51:00 GMT

Introduction – Modern .NET Development It took me a while to realize it, but Microsoft .NET application development has significantly evolved in the past year and a half. This is not your dad’s .NET . The following releases have added many considerable...(read more)

Microsoft.com Engineering Operations TechCenter NEW on TechNet.Microsoft.com

MSCOM — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:44:00 GMT

The Microsoft.com Operations Team is pleased to announce the launch of our new Microsoft.com Engineering Operations TechCenter . This site ids designed with the ITPro/Systems Engineer in mind. We get to work on some cutting edge technologies and our goal...(read more)

Microsoft.com Engineering Operations Forum Is Now LIVE!!

MSCOM — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:03:00 GMT

We are pleased to announce that the Microsoft.com Engineering Operations Forum is now live on TechNet. Come join us in discussions that are focused on Engineering Operations. Ask questions, give us your insights, help us build the community of folks that...(read more)

Systems Engineering Architecture Consultation…”Help Us to Help You!”

MSCOM — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:06:00 GMT

MSCOM Operations get lots of requests from both internal and external customers on how we operate www.microsoft.com , Microsoft Update, and the Microsoft Download Center (just to name a few). Those customers are asking about a wide variety of topics that...(read more)

IIS7.0 Lessons Learned In MSCOM Production Environment - On Demand Webcast

MSCOM — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 23:48:00 GMT

MSCOM has been running IIS7.0 in production since June 12, 2007. On November 27 we did a webcast entitled: How Microsoft IT Is Providing an Improved Web and Applications Platform with Internet Information Services 7.0 in Windows Server 2008 In case you...(read more)

Analyzing HTTP Traffic On Your IIS 7.0 Cluster

MSCOM — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:11:00 GMT

If you have ever run an enterprise web site you have probably received a panicked call from a customer or from your Tier 1 monitoring team that your site was responding slowly or throwing 500 errors and that you needed to resolve this issue ASAP. Maybe...(read more)

Power Parsing...some days you just need more power for your parser

MSCOM — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:15:00 GMT

Obviously the title can mean a bunch of different things, in this case we are merging two fun technologies: Microsoft PowerShell and Microsoft Log Parser . Here in MSCOM Operations, we are in the process of introducing Microsoft PowerShell into our environment...(read more)

The Tasty Morsels Found In Dogfood… MSCOM OPS Top 10 Changes In IIS7.0

MSCOM — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:05:00 GMT

Dogfood….yummmm! Yes it is true, Microsoft.com has been running Beta 3 of Windows Server 2008 in production since June 12, 2007. What does that mean? 78 of 80 servers that host the www.microsoft.com website are running W2K8 Beta 3 and IIS7.0. Why only...(read more)

Using SQL 2005 Snapshots As A Rollback Procedure

MSCOM — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 17:50:00 GMT

One of the great new features of SQL 2005 is database snapshots. With one simple transact SQL statement, you can provide your users with a read-only, static copy of their data. For example, you can take a snapshot on the last day of the month and users...(read more)

Release Management: Building the Bridge

MSCOM — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 18:05:00 GMT

In the last post from the release management team, we talked about the strategic topic of developing the philosophy of RM being a bridge, and not a barrier, to the deployment and support of applications into the production environment. One of the items...(read more)

MSCOM At TedchEd 2007 in Orlando...On Demand Viewing of Breakout Session

MSCOM — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:17:00 GMT

If you were unabel to make it to Orlando and were jsut dying to catch the MSCOM Operations Presentation Microsoft.com: Employing Windows Server 2008 and Internet Information Services 7 As A Next Generation Platform for SaaS Web Applications , here is...(read more)