Learn Windows IIS in a Month of Lunches
eBook - ePub

Learn Windows IIS in a Month of Lunches

  1. 372 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Learn Windows IIS in a Month of Lunches

About this book

Summary Learn Windows IIS in a Month of Lunches is an innovative tutorial designed for busy administrators. Even if you have no prior exposure to IIS, you can follow the crisp explanations, examples, and exercises in this concise, easy-to-read book. Just set aside one hour a day—lunchtime would be perfect—for a month, and you'll be managing, securing, and automating IIS administrative tasks faster than you thought possible. About this Book When your website slows to a crawl or Exchange stops sending internet mail, you have to get things working again. Fast. IIS is the communication gateway for most Microsoft servers as well as the primary technology for publishing web sites. Learning to manage it effectively means you can keep your systems running smoothly and go home on time. Learn Windows IIS in a Month of Lunches is an innovative tutorial designed for busy administrators. Follow the crisp explanations, examples, and exercises in this concise, easy-to-read book, and you'll be managing, securing, and automating IIS faster than you thought possible. You'll start with IIS fundamentals, and then systematically explore web farm design, website management, and high availability, along with practices to keep your Exchange, SharePoint, System Center, and Lync servers running smoothly.Written for anyone who needs to manage IIS, whether you're an IT pro or a reluctant administrator.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. What's Inside

  • 24 bite-sized lessons with practice examples
  • High-value troubleshooting techniques
  • No previous IIS experience assumed


About the Author Jason Helmick is a professional trainer and consultant specializing in Active Directory and IIS. He's the founder of the Arizona PowerShell User Group. Table of Contents

  • Before you begin
  • Deploying the web server
  • Exploring and launching a website
  • Managing application pools
  • Adding more websites to your server
  • What every administrator should know about web applications
  • Securing your sites and web applications
  • Securing the server
  • Protecting data with certificates
  • FTP and SMTP with IIS
  • Sharing administrative responsibilities through remote management
  • Optimizing sites for users and search engines
  • Building a web farm with Microsoft Network Load Balancing
  • Building a web farm with Application Request Routing
  • High availability for ARR using Microsoft NLB
  • Sharing content and configuration to the web farm
  • Sharing IIS configurations for a web farm
  • Using the central certificate store for certificate management
  • Web farm provisioning with the Web Farm Framework
  • Disaster recovery for IIS
  • The final exam
  • Never the end
  • IIS PowerShell cheat sheet
  • Lab setup guide

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Table of contents

  1. Copyright
  2. Brief Table of Contents
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Preface
  5. About this Book
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Chapter 1. Before you begin
  8. Chapter 2. Deploying the web server
  9. Chapter 3. Exploring and launching a website
  10. Chapter 4. Managing application pools
  11. Chapter 5. Adding more websites to your server
  12. Chapter 6. What every administrator should know about web applications
  13. Chapter 7. Securing your sites and web applications
  14. Chapter 8. Securing the server
  15. Chapter 9. Protecting data with certificates
  16. Chapter 10. FTP and SMTP with IIS
  17. Chapter 11. Sharing administrative responsibilities through remote management
  18. Chapter 12. Optimizing sites for users and search engines
  19. Chapter 13. Building a web farm with Microsoft Network Load Balancing
  20. Chapter 14. Building a web farm with Application Request Routing
  21. Chapter 15. High availability for ARR using Microsoft NLB
  22. Chapter 16. Sharing content and configuration to the web farm
  23. Chapter 17. Sharing IIS configurations for a web farm
  24. Chapter 18. Using the central certificate store for certificate management
  25. Chapter 19. Web farm provisioning with the Web Farm Framework
  26. Chapter 20. Disaster recovery for IIS
  27. Chapter 21. The final exam
  28. Chapter 22. Never the end
  29. Chapter 23. IIS PowerShell cheat sheet
  30. Chapter 24. Lab setup guide
  31. Index
  32. List of Figures
  33. List of Tables
  34. List of Listings