Be sure to also set umbracoUseSSL to true: https://our.umbraco.org/documentation/reference/config/webconfig/

Maybe also try truncating both the umbracoServer and umbracoCacheInstruction tables, in addition to deleting the App_Data/TEMP/DistCache folder, then recycle the application pool.

Assuming you aren't doing load balancing (which I would expect to be true), you can also set umbracoDisableElectionForSingleServer to true, which might help a bit.

You could also try setting fcnMode to Disabled (note that this is not an app setting, so will be in a different part of you web.config than the above settings): https://shazwazza.com/post/all-about-aspnet-file-change-notification-fcn/

Be sure you have all Windows updates applied, including the optional/recommended ones.

Thanks Nicholas. I am not sure where those tables are or how to truncate tables but I will take a look at the article to see how to do this.

You're correct, I am not doing load balancing, and umbracoUseSSL is set to true. I find it very strange how the backend performance is noticeably different on the local machine compared to the server (server isn't terribly slow or anything).

I am not sure where those tables are

The tables are in your database that is specified in the connection string called umbracoDbDSN in your web.config.

or how to truncate tables

TRUNCATE TABLE umbracoServer
TRUNCATE TABLE umbracoCacheInstruction

By the way, if you want to see some details about what may be causing your pages to run slowly (assuming it's an issue with the application code rather than the server setup), try this: http://jondjones.com/learn-umbraco-cms/umbraco-developers-guide/umbraco-troubleshooting/how-to-debug-your-umbraco-7-website

Thanks Nicholas. I'll use the above to troubleshoot.

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