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Creating and Managing MSSQL Databases in Plesk

Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) databases come with every Domain India Windows hosting plan, and you create and manage them in Plesk. This guide covers creating a ...

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Configuring Email Forwarding in Plesk

Email forwarding sends mail that arrives at one address on to another, such as [email protected] to your own inbox. On Domain India Windows hosting you set i...

Intermediate4 min443Updated 2 days ago

Setting Up Email Accounts in Plesk

Every Domain India Windows hosting plan includes email on your own domain, managed from the Plesk control panel. This guide shows how to create a mailbox in Ple...

Intermediate8 min432Updated 2 days ago

Plesk Dashboard Overview and Navigation

Plesk is the control panel for Domain India Windows hosting. When you open it, you see a menu down the left side and the tools for your domain in the middle. Th...

Advanced5 min346Updated 2 days ago

Plesk Services Not Starting Troubleshooting Guide

When your Windows-hosted website, email or database stops working, it can look as if a Plesk service has failed to start. On Domain India Windows hosting you ca...

Advanced6 min381Updated 6 days ago

How to Check Plesk Logs for Troubleshooting

When a Windows-hosted website fails, the page your visitors see rarely says why. The reason is almost always written in a log: the web server's record of each r...

Advanced8 min494Updated 6 days ago

Common Plesk Error Messages and Fixes

This is a quick reference for the errors Domain India Windows (Plesk) hosting customers meet most often: website errors from IIS, Plesk panel sign-in problems, ...

Intermediate5 min530Updated 1 weeks ago

How to Reset Your Plesk Password

Forgot your Plesk password on Domain India Windows hosting? Nobody can look up the old one. You set a new one yourself from the client area in about a minute, a...

Intermediate5 min363Updated 2 days ago

How to Login to Plesk Panel

Plesk is the control panel for Domain India Windows hosting. The quickest way in is one click from the client area, with no Plesk password. You can also log in ...

Intermediate5 min455Updated 2 days ago

Windows Hosting Features Overview

Domain India Windows hosting runs your site on Microsoft's stack: Windows Server, the IIS web server, .NET and Microsoft SQL Server, all managed through the Ple...

Advanced5 min402Updated 1 weeks ago

How to Activate Your New Windows Hosting

You have ordered Windows hosting from Domain India. There is nothing to "activate" by hand: once the invoice is paid, the account is created for you and your lo...

Intermediate5 min364Updated 2 days ago

Windows Hosting Plans Comparison

Domain India sells three Windows hosting plans for ASP.NET, classic ASP and Microsoft SQL Server applications: ASP Starter, ASP Business and ASP Enterprise. The...

Intermediate5 min496Updated 1 weeks ago

Resolving the This DNS Record Already Exists Error in Plesk for Windows

When you add a domain, subdomain or domain alias in Plesk on Windows hosting, Plesk can refuse with a message like "Unable to create the domain example.com beca...

Intermediate6 min1,640Updated 1 weeks ago

Setting Up Databases for ASP.NET: A Plesk Panel Walkthrough

An ASP.NET app and its database are set up in two places: the database and its user in Plesk, and the connection and schema in your code. This walkthrough joins...

Advanced6 min1,966Updated 1 weeks ago

Configuring Email Services for ASP.NET in Plesk: A Tutorial

Most ASP.NET sites need to send email: contact-form notifications, order confirmations, password resets. On Domain India Windows hosting your app sends through ...

Advanced6 min2,025Updated 1 weeks ago

What to use for MSSQL database connection string

An ASP.NET application on Windows hosting connects to its Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL) database through a connection string. It holds four values: the database ...

Advanced8 min38,608Updated 1 weeks ago

HTTPS Redirect in Plesk

Once your site has an SSL certificate, send every visitor to the secure https:// address. On Domain India Windows hosting that is one tick box in Plesk, and on ...

Advanced4 min2,464Updated 2 days ago

Creating Backups in Plesk

A backup is the only thing that turns a bad update, a deleted file or a hacked website into a short interruption instead of a lost project. On Domain India Wind...

Advanced7 min591Updated 6 days ago

Plesk Windows Hosting Guide

Windows hosting is the Domain India hosting for websites built on Microsoft technology: ASP.NET, classic ASP and Microsoft SQL Server (MSSQL). You manage it thr...

Advanced13 min431Updated 2 days ago

Restarting App Pools in Plesk

Restarting (recycling) your IIS application pool restarts your Windows-hosted application without affecting other websites. In Plesk you can do it yourself if y...

Intermediate4 min496Updated 1 weeks ago

Restoring from Plesk Backup

You can restore a Windows (Plesk) hosting website in one of two ways. If you made a backup yourself in Plesk Backup Manager, you restore it from there. To resto...

Intermediate4 min480Updated 1 weeks ago

Installing SSL in Plesk

SSL puts the padlock on your website and encrypts everything between your visitors and the server. Domain India Windows hosting plans include free SSL from Let'...

Advanced8 min1,165Updated 2 days ago

IIS Application Pools Guide

An application pool is the part of IIS, the Windows web server, that actually runs your website's code. When a Windows-hosted site is slow, throws 503 errors or...

Intermediate10 min435Updated 6 days ago