About These Notes

IIS Hacks was a Windows server administration blog. It published 128 dated posts between 18 May 2007 and 26 April 2013 — notes on Internet Information Services, Exchange Server, Windows Server 2003 and 2008 and the Windows client, solid-state storage, MySQL on Windows, and the security work that sat around all of it. The site remained online until October 2013; the blog stopped publishing in 2013.

This site is independent and non-commercial. It is not an official continuation of the historical publication, a relaunch, or a business.

Publication record

The complete post index lists the publication by date.

Attribution

The blog was written by one person and carried a byline. No author is identified here. No personal name or biography appears here, and no replacement author or editorial team is presented.

This site is non-commercial. It does not solicit work, enquiries, subscriptions or payment.

Editorial policy

Each note carries its publication date and a visible age warning.

Titles without full text remain in the chronological and subject indexes so readers can understand the publication’s range without mistaking an index entry for current technical guidance.

Accuracy, and the limits of it

The material describes software of 2007 to 2013. Much of it is out of support and some of it is now actively wrong as current advice — a servicing command that was later superseded, a certificate recommendation that no longer holds, a management console that no longer exists. The age warning on each page says so, and Microsoft's product lifecycle documentation is the authoritative record of what is still supported. Nothing here should be applied to a live system without checking it against current vendor documentation first.

Trademarks and affiliation

Microsoft, Windows, Windows Server, Internet Information Services, Exchange Server, Outlook, Intel, VMware, Dell, Asus, MySQL and other product names appear throughout these notes because Windows server administration cannot be written about without naming the products being administered. They are used descriptively only. This site is not affiliated with, sponsored by, endorsed by, or connected to any of the companies named in it, and no vendor logo or mark is used anywhere on the site.

The name "IIS Hacks" identifies the historical publication. In its 2007 usage "hacks" meant practical workarounds, which is what the notes are. The front page introduces the subjects and the cautions that apply to material of this age.