Administering the Web Server (IIS) Role of Windows Server

1. Overview and Installing Internet Information Services
   
   • Understanding a web server infrastructure
   • Installing IIS
2. Configuring the Default Website
   
   • Examining the default website using IIS Manager
   • Examining the default IIS file structure
   • Configuring DNS records for a website
   • Creating virtual directories and applications
3. Configuring and Managing Application Pools
   
   • Defining the application pool architecture
   • Creating and managing application pools
   • Configuring application pool recycling
4. Creating Additional Websites
   
   • Understanding configurations for multiple websites
   • Configuring the website bindings
   • Creating new websites
5. Configuring Website and Web Application Support
   
   • Configuring common features
   • Adding support for web applications
6. Securing Websites and Applications
   
   • Understanding IIS Authentication and Authorization
   • Configuring authentication and permissions
   • Enabling URL authorization rules
7. Securing Data Transmissions with SSL
   
   • Understanding certificates and SSL
   • Creating and Managing Web Server Certificates
8. Managing Certificates in the Central Certificate Store
   
   • Understanding the Central Certificate Store
   • Installing and Configuring the Centralized Certificate Store
9. Configuring Remote Administration
   
   • Installing and configuring the management service
   • Connecting to remote web servers and websites
   • Delegating management access
10. Implementing FTP
    
    • Implementing FTP
    • Uploading and Downloading by Using FTP
11. Monitoring IIS
    
    • Monitoring IIS logs with log parser
    • Analyzing Performance Counters
12. Backing up and Restoring IIS
    
    • Understanding the IIS environment for backup and restore
    • Performing a backup and restore of a website
13. Building Load-Balanced Web Farms
    
    • Understanding load-balancing mechanisms
    • Building a load-balanced web farm using ARR
    • Sharing content to a web farm using a shared folders
    • Sharing content to a web farm using DFS-R
    • Sharing IIS configurations in a web farm

• Install and monitor IIS
• Configure and manage application pools
• Configure websites and application support
• Secure websites and applications
• Manage certificates in the Centralized Certificate Store
• Configure remote administration
• Implement FTP
• Backup and restore IIS
• Build load-balanced web farms

• Lab 1: Installing Internet Information Services
  
  • Perform a default installation of IIS
  • Verify and test the installation of a default installation of IIS
• Lab 2: Configuring the Default Website for Public Access
  
  • Create DNS records for both the internal and public website access
  • Creating webpages and adding web application support.
• Lab 3: Creating Virtual Directories and Applications
  
  • Create folders, virtual directories, and applications
• Lab 4: Configuring and Managing Application Pools
  
  • Create and configure additional application pools
• Lab 5: Configuring Application Pool Recycling
  
  • Configure application pool recycle settings
• Lab 6: Examining the Existing Websites and Bindings for conflicts
  
  • Document basic website settings
• Lab 7: Creating New Websites
  
  • Configure and test new websites
• Lab 8 Configuring Common Features
  
  • Configure directory browsing, content compression and default documents for the Products website
• Lab 9: Configuring Support for Web Applications
  
  • Configuring ASP.NET settings
• Lab 10: Configuring Authentication and Access
  
  • Install and configure the authentication mechanisms required to support both internal and public websites
  • Configure file system permissions and application pool permissions
• Lab 11: Configuring URL Authorization Rules
  
  • Install and configure URL authorization rules
• Lab 12: Creating and Managing Web Server Certificates
  
  • Create, export, and import a self-signed certificate
• Lab 13: Adding a Certificate to a Website
  
  • Add HTTPS binding to websites
• Lab 14: Installing and Configuring the Central Certificate Store
  
  • Configure the environment to store certificates for CCS
• Lab 15: Installing and Configuring the Management Service
  
  • Install and configure the management service
• Lab 16: Connecting to Remote Web Servers and Websites
  
  • Connect and manage a remote web server and website
• Lab 17: Delegating Management Permissions
  
  • Create and manage IIS manager users
• Lab 18: Configuring and Using an FTP Site
  
  • Install and configure a secured FTP site
• Lab 19: Monitoring IIS Logs
  
  • Configure and query log files
• Lab 20: Backing Up and Recovering Configuration History
  
  • Back up and recover configuration history
• Lab 21: Building a Load-Balanced Web Farm Using ARR
  
  • Create a web farm by installing and configuring ARR
• Lab 22: Sharing Content to a Web Farm Using a Shared Folders
  
  • Sharing content to a web farm using a network share
• Lab 23: Sharing Content to a Web Farm Using DFS-R
  
  • Install and configure DFS-R for content replication
• Lab 24: Sharing IIS Configurations in a Web Farm
  
  • Configure IIS to use shared configurations

Experience with:

• Windows networking technologies and implementation
• Windows Server administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting
• Windows Client administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting

• Individuals who want to become web server administrators in an enterprise environment or who are assuming a new role requiring skills to manage content served by an IIS web server over the Internet, an intranet, and an extranet

Web-based applications developers with networking skills who wish to learn more about IIS Experience with:

• Windows networking technologies and implementation
• Windows Server administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting
• Windows Client administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting