Re: Really useful article.
Yes.
I have just been involved with a project in which the client required me to get their website up on a number of new environments, each comprising of a back-end edit server and a number of content delivery servers. So far, I have encountered the following problems:
- Wrong .NET version
- Missing IIS HTTP modules
- Ports not open
- Missing Windows features/components
- Servers turning out to be completely dead
- Missing access rights
... across various servers. In fact, I would go so far as to say that no two servers are exactly alike. Not exactly confidence-inspiring when it comes to deployment and testing...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
