Get the definitive reference for deploying, managing, and supporting Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0. This official Microsoft RESOURCE KIT provides comprehensive information and resources from Microsoft IIS Team experts who know the technology best. IIS, a service within the Windows Server 2008 operating system, enables users to easily host and manage Web sites, create Web-based business applications, and extend file, print, media, and communication services to the Web. This RESOURCE KIT provides everything you need to know about IIS architecture, migrating servers and applications, capacity planning, performance monitoring, security features, top administration and troubleshooting scenarios, and IIS best practices. You also get an essential toolkit of resources on CD, including scripts, job aids, and a fully searchable eBook. For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.

Deploy and support IIS 6.0, which is included with Microsoft Windows Server 2003, with expertise direct from the Microsoft IIS product team. This official RESOURCE KIT packs 1200+ pages of in-depth deployment, operations, and technical information, including step-by-step instructions for common administrative tasks. Get critical details and guidance on security enhancements, the new IIS 6.0 architecture, migration strategies, performance tuning, logging, and troubleshooting—along with timesaving tools, IIS 6.0 product documentation, and a searchable eBook on CD. You get all the resources you need to help maximize the security, reliability, manageability, and performance of your Web server—while reducing system administration costs. Get in-depth guidance—straight from the Microsoft IIS team on how to: Upgrade or migrate existing IIS solutions to IIS 6.0 Migrate Apache Web sites—migration tool included on CD Deploy Microsoft ASP.NET applications on IIS 6.0 Configure and manage IIS security services Manage the IIS 6.0 metabase using built-in GUI-based and command-line utilities Run IIS 6.0 as a platform for Web applications Streamline programmatic administration with the scripts and tools on CD Apply best practices for improving server availability and scalability, including managing large-scale deployments Optimize IIS performance with effective monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting procedures Resource Kit tools plus Windows Server 2003 evaluation software inside Use IIS 6.0 Resource Kit tools to query log files, manage security features, run stress tests, migrate servers, troubleshoot problems, and more. The CD includes the following tools: Apache to IIS 6.0 Migration Tool CustomAuth IISCertDeploy.vbs IIS Host Helper Services IIS 6.0 Migration Tool IISState Log Parser Metabase Explorer Permissions Verifier RemapUrl SelfSSL TinyGet Web Capacity Analysis Tool WFetchCD also features: 180-day evaluation version of Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition IIS 6.0 Help system Windows Registry Reference Fully searchable eBook of this complete RESOURCE KIT A Note Regarding the CD or DVD The print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via O'Reilly Media's Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit O'Reilly's web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to [email protected].

This kit contains expertise available from no other source, plus tools, samples, and resources developed and used internally by the Microsoft IIS development team. The CD-ROMs provide a complete copy of IIS version 4.0, additional utilities, a sampler of third-party tools, and detailed information on capacity planning and using IIS to set up an Internet Service Provider site.