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Author Mitch Tulloch, MCT, MCSE, skillfully guides readers through the administration of Web service, security, application pools, performance, and much more. Learn valuable configuration, maintenance, and content management techniques, manage the FTP, SMTP, and NNTP services, and easily troubleshoot documentation and content development issues.
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Part 1: Overview 1: Introducing IIS 6 2: IIS 6 Architecture Part II: Deployment 3: Planning Deployment 4: Installing IIS 6 Part III: Basic Administration 5: Administering Standard/Enterprise Edition 6: Administering Web Edition 7: Creating and Configuring Websites 8: Creating and Configuring Applications 9: Creating and Configuring FTP Sites Part IV: Advanced Administration 10: Securing IIS 11: Working from the Command-Line 12: Performance Tuning and Monitoring 13: Maintenance and Troubleshooting 14: Working with the Metabase 15: SMTP and NNTP 16: Publishing with IIS Part V: Appendixes A: Comparison of IIS 5 and 6 B: Useful IIS Resources
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Your one-stop IIS 6 administration resource
This practical, task-orientated guide explains exactly what you need to know in order to deploy, configure, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot Internet Information Services 6 (IIS 6) on the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 platform. Author Mitch Tulloch skillfully details essential day-to-day administration tasks and includes dozens of invaluable troubleshooting tips, making this reference the ultimate guide for systems and network administrators. IIS 6 Administration contains numerous helpful editorial tools including task-at-a-glance guides, step-by-step instructions, screen shots and illustrations, and highlighted notes and tips. Plus, there are extensive troubleshooting sections for solving common problems.
- Discover the increased security, reliability, scalability, performance, and manageability of IIS 6
- Get an in-depth examination of the internal workings and architecture of IIS 6
- Learn valuable configuration, maintenance, and content management techniques
- Deploy IIS 6 on Windows Server 2003 in a variety of different situations
- Learn how to administer IIS from the command line using scripts
- Create and configure Web sites, and use virtual directories for hosting site content
- Deploy applications using ASP, ASP.NET, ISAPI, and legacy CGI architectures
- Monitor and tune IIS 6 performance, and learn vital troubleshooting techniques
- Administer IIS 6 on Standard, Enterprise, and Web Edition
