Administering the Web Server (IIS) Role of Windows Server (M10972)

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

• Confiugre 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

or

• 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