Administering Internet Information Services 7.0 and 7.5

What You'll Learn

• Video 1: Introduction|08:35

• Video 2: Architecture, Tools, and techniques|17:00

  Kernel-Mode Listener. Worker Processes. Modular Architecture. Management Console. PowerShell Cmdlets.

• Video 3: Installing and Configuring IIS|34:26

  Installing the IIS Role. Selecting and Installing IIS Features. Explanation of all Available Features. Installing IIS 7.5 on Server Core 2008 R2

• Video 4: Web Server Administration|27:41

  Basic Settings. Bindings. Virtual Directories. Logging. MIME Types. Individual Sites vs. Master Web Configuration. Web.config Files

• Video 5: Application Pools and Worker Processes|18:17

  Purpose of Application Pools. Worker Process Recycling. Application Pool and Worker Process Configuration.

• Video 6: Web Server Extensions|15:40

  ISAPI Extensions or Applications (ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, Perl, PHP, etc.). ISAPI Filters (Logging, URL rewriting, Cookies, etc.). CGI and Other Extensions. Specifics for ASP.NET. Specifics for PHP.

• Video 7: FTP Server Administration|17:59

  Basic Settings. Bindings. Virtual Directories. Logging. Request Filtering. Directory Browsing. User Isolation. Individual Sites vs. Master FTP Configuration.

• Video 8: Security|15:05

  Worker Process Identity. NTFS Security. Web Site Security. Authentication Modules. Authorization Rules. IP Address and Domain Restrictions.

• Video 9: SSL and Digital Certificates|22:46

  The Role of the CA. Types of Certificates (Domain-Only, Standard SSL, Subject Alternative Name (SAN), Extended Verification (EV)). Creating a Certificate Request. Installing a Certificate. SSL-Related Configuration Options.

• Video 10: The Web Platform Installer and IIS.net|09:03

  Installing the Web Platform Installer. Installing Official Microsoft Extensions (URL Rewriter). Installing Third-Party Extensions. Installing Web Applications

• Video 11: Advanced Web Server Configuration|19:35

  Compression. Default Documents. Directory Browsing. Custom Error Pages. CGI and FastCGI.URL Rewriting. Limits. Host Headers.

• Video 12: ASP.NET Configuration|19:56

  .NET Authorization. .NETcompilation. .NET Trust Levels. Application Settings. Session State. Machine Key. SMTP E-Mail

• Video 13: Troubleshooting|16:41

  Working with Windows Event Logs. Working with Web Services Logs. IIS Diagnostics Toolkit. Working with Failed Request Tracing. Troubleshooting Session State Failures.

• Video 14: Performance Tuning and Monitoring|18:26

  Monitoring IIS Performance and Activity. Tuning Web Server Performance. Tips for Optimizing Performance. User Code: The Performance Bottleneck. Monitoring Worker Process . Recycling and Application Health. Best Practices for IIS Availability Monitoring. Mention SCOM Management Pack

• Video 15: Automating IIS Management by Using Windows PowerShell|25:38

  PowerShell Overview. The Web Services Module. The IIS: Drive. IIS-Related Cmdlets.

• Video 16: Using Network Load Balancing|22:56

  NLB Overview and Architecture. Installing NLB. Configuring NLB. Replicating Content and Configuration in a Web Farm http://blogs.iis.net/steveschofield/default.aspx?PageIndex=4 (Msdeploy.exe, Xcopy, Dfs, RepliWeb)

• Video 17: IIS as an Open Source Web Platform|21:54

  Installing and Configuring MySQL. Installing and Configuring PHP. Installing and Configuring PHPMyAdmin. Installing and Configuring WordPress.

• Video 18: Best Practices for IIS Architecture|22:06

  Clusters and Load Balancing. Security and Firewalls. Reducing the IIS Attack Surface. Fighting Off Malware. Using a Relational Database Management System. Creating a Content Publishing Architecture.