Guest | Windows Server Upgradation - Major Changes
July 1, 2013
As a part of our continued efforts in providing up-to-date industry-leading solutions, we have updated our server (ns1.webcircuitindia.net and ns2.webcircuitindia.net) with new Hardware and OS. The new server will be setup with Windows Server 2012 so that you can benefit from new services that run on the OS (such as IIS 8.0, etc.). In addition to Windows 2012, we will be offering SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition and the latest .NET Framework on this new server. The new server features a RAID SSD array for Services(like MSSQL, IIS, etc) and the OS partitions. This allows for the fastest possible access to your databases, files, and more.
SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition Connection Strings
New server is setup with SQL Server 2012 Standard Edition. so connection strings using ".SQLExpress" or "localhostSQLExpress" will not work. Connection strings will need to be updated to just "localhost".
If the connection strings were encrypted in web.config, those will need to be re-encrypted on new server.
Removed Features:
.NET Framework 1.1 and Microsoft Frontpage Extensions both have reached EOL (End Of Life) and Microsoft has not made them compatible with Windows Server 2012. This is why on new Windows Server 2012, .NET Framework 1.1 and Microsoft Frontpage Extensions will not be available. Sites requiring .NET Framework 1.1 will need to be made compatible with higher .NET Framework versions. Microsoft Frontpage can still be used but instead of Frontpage Extensions, publishing needs to be done through the FTP Upload method (and aspects requiring the frontpage extensions re-done).