It was just another routine day at the job, but this time we could not figure out why HttpModules that previously worked like charm all of a sudden ceased to work. This issue took us for quite a ride until we finally figured out that the IT group had upgraded all production environments to IIS 7 and changed the Application Pool from “classic application pool” to the new “integrated mode”. As it turns out, if you are going to use “integrated mode” then you must ensure that you modify your web.config files appropriately. So, for thos... [More]

If you are a regular reader of this blog then you probably noticed that the design and layout has changed considerably. The fact is that the changes actually go much deeper than that, as I’ve gone as far as switching the platform entirely. I recently decided to explore other Open Source platforms, and the final choice of blogging platform chosen is BlogEngine.net. I will be sharing my reasons and thought process about this change (and others in the works for other application types) in another blog post. When moving a blog there are several things that need to ... [More]