For smaller projects, any benefit in code writing time is outweighed by the time taken to learn the ORM. Similarly, I have found, many ORMs (that I have tried) seem to generate over-complex code under the bonnet. I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.

You have to install the remote tools for Windows 8.1 (RSAT TOOLS) But they only work with Server 2012. I did mine last year. It was tricky to install. But I was running server cores on Server 2012, so I had to setup permissions using powerscript and cmd line. They also had rsat tools for Server 2008, but you had to be running Windows 7. This seems to be for IIS only, and seems universal. I haven't used them. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=41177[^] rsat tools - This I huse currently on Windows 8.1 and Server 2012. quite happy with them. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=28972[^]

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