Monthly Archive: March 2013

What is www.msftncsi.com?

What is www.msftncsi.com? If you are running a firewall one of the most common sites you’ll run across is www.mstfncsi.com. This is because the url www.msftncsi.com is generally used by Windows machines to verity...

What is http://adminwebservice.microsoftonline.com?

What is http://adminwebservice.microsoftonline.com? The web address: http://adminwebservice.microsoftonline.com is generally used by applications like the Windows Azure Active Directory Sync tool (to sync with Microsoft’s online Azure AD service) to authenticate against those services.

What is http://clientconfig.microsoftonline-p.net?

What is http://clientconfig.microsoftonline-p.net? The site http://clientconfig.microsoftonline-p.net is generally used by Microsoft’s Online applications. For example, if you have downloaded the Active Directory Sync to Azure application you will see that the client uses the web address...

Sharepoint 2013 error: Windows cannot open the 32-bit extensible counter DLL ASP.NET_2.0.50727 in a 64-bit environment. Contact the file vendor to obtain a 64-bit version. Alternatively, you can open the 32-bit extensible counter DLL by using the 32-bit version of Performance Monitor. To use this tool, open the Windows folder, open the Syswow64 folder, and then start Perfmon.exe.

Sharepoint 2013 error: Windows cannot open the 32-bit extensible counter DLL ASP.NET_2.0.50727 in a 64-bit environment. Contact the file vendor to obtain a 64-bit version. Alternatively, you can open the 32-bit extensible counter DLL by using the 32-bit version...

What is: fsdmhost.exe

What is: fsdmhost.exe Fsdmhost.exe is the executable file for the Microsoft File Server Data Management Host process. Thus far a lot of people run into this process on a Windows 2012 server because it is in...

What is: urs.microsoft.com

What is: urs.microsoft.com The URL http://urs.microsoft.com might appear on your firewall or similar network monitoring/protection device quite often as it is the URL used by the Microsoft SmartScreen Filter Services. Generally when you see a...

What is: sqm.telemetry.microsoft.com?

What is: sqm.telemetry.microsoft.com? As of late I have been paying closer attention to my firewall logs in an effort to increase security but most importantly reduce the lag time we sometimes face when accessing the Internet....