As the first update to Microsoft's server operating system in nearlyfive years, Windows Server® 2008 boasts the new Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS 7), which is the largest departure from previous versions of IIS ever. With IIS 7, Microsoft has completely changed the way the product works, including new configuration, delegated administration, security enhancements, real-time diagnostic and troubleshooting features, plus more.

Written by an author team that includes four Microsoft MVPs, this book shows you how to take advantage of these exciting new features of IIS 7. The authors draw on their expertise in the areas of deployment, hosting, development, and enterprise operations in order to help you with the learning curve of becoming familiar with IIS 7. With a clear understanding of IIS 7, you'll learn to deploy, install, monitor, manage, and secure an IIS environment with confidence and ease.

What you will learn from this book

• How to maximize use of the brand-new FTP server and FastCGI support

• Techniques for automating administrative tasks

• The basics of the new administration tools

• Tips for performance monitoring and tuning

• Ways to extend IIS 7 through the use of ISAPI filters and HTTP modules

• Details for determining whether a particular protocol is secure

• Advanced topics such as programmatic configuration and management and load balancing web farms

Who this book is for

This book is for developers and IIS administrators.

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• Automate administrative tasks.
• Monitor and manage an IIS environment, including MOF (Microsoft Operations Framework) and MOM (Microsoft Operations Manager). This information would be useful to systems administrators after they have deployed an IIS solution, by ensuring they are able to stabilize and monitor the environment.
• Debug and troubleshoot IIS. Few people (outside PSS and so forth) have the necessary information on available tools and how to use them effectively.
• Secure the IIS environment--including coverage of authentication protocols, PKI/SSL etc. Most books merely remark that a particular protocol is "secure" (or not secure) without detailing how these protocols work, what their strengths are, and how they can be subverted.
• Extend IIS7.0 through the use of ISAPI filters and HTTPModules.
• Master advanced topics (such as Network Load Balancing/High Availability) that are not covered by other books. Our author team has experience in large scale IIS hosting that few others do.

Part I: Introduction and Deployment.

Chapter 1: Background on IIS and New Features in IIS 7.0.

Chapter 2: IIS 7.0 Architecture.

Chapter 3: Planning Your Deployment.

Chapter 4: Installing IIS 7.0.

Part II: Administration.

Chapter 5: Administration Tools.

Chapter 6: Web-Site Administration.

Chapter 7: Web Application Administration.

Chapter 8: Web Application Pool Administration.

Chapter 9: Delegating Remote Administration.

Chapter 10: Configuring Other Services.

Part III: Advanced Administration.

Chapter 11: Core Server.

Chapter 12: Core Server Extensibility.

Chapter 13: Securing the Server.

Chapter 14: Authentication and Authorization.

Chapter 15: SSL and TLS.

Chapter 16: Configuring and Load-Balancing Web Farms.

Chapter 17: Programmatic Configuration and Management.

Part IV: Managing and Operating IIS 7.0.

Chapter 18: IIS and Operations Management.

Chapter 19: Monitoring and Performance Tuning.

Chapter 20: Diagnostics and Troubleshooting.

Appendix A: Module Reference.

Appendix B: IIS Status Codes.

Appendix C: WCF Primer.

Appendix D: Resources.

Index.