Configuring and Troubleshooting Internet Information Services in Windows Server 2008

The primary audience for this course is individuals who want to become a Web Server Administrator in an enterprise environment. Also, individuals who are assuming a new role requiring skills to manage content served by an IIS 7.0 Web Server over an intranet, extranet, and internet would be interested in this course.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the IIS 7.0 modular architecture
• Describe the IIS 7.0 workloads
• Describe the three methods for installing IIS 7.0
• Install IIS 7.0 using each of the three identified methods
• Configure common features for IIS 7.0
• Validate functionality of configured features.

Module 1: Configuring an IIS 7.0 Web Server
The students will be introduced to the process of installing a Web Server and configuring IIS features such as application development; health and diagnostics; HTTP features and more.

• Introducing Internet Information Services 7.0
• Installing the Web Server Role in Windows Server 2008
• Configuring Application Development, Health, and HTTP Features
• Configuring Performance, Security, and Server component Features

Module 2: Configuring IIS 7.0 Web Sites and Application Pools
The students will be introduced to creating and managing Web sites and application pools.

• Introducing Web Sites and Application Pools
• Creating a Web Site
• Creating an Application Pool
• Maintaining an Application Pool

Module 3: Configuring IIS 7.0 Application Settings
The students will be introduced configuring application settings using ASP.NET.

• Configuring Application Settings
• Configuring ASP.NET Security

Module 4: Configuring IIS 7.0 Modules
The students will be introduced to configuring IIS modules.

• Configuring Native Modules
• Configuring Managed Modules

Module 5: Securing the IIS 7.0 Web Server and Web Sites
The students will be introduced to configuring a secure Web Server and Web sites and to using logging as a tool for monitoring security.

• Configuring Secure Web Sites and Servers
• Configure Other Aspects of Web Server Security
• Configuring Logging for IIS 7.0

Module 6: Configuring Delegation and Remote Administration
The students will be introduced to assigning rights to Web site users and configuring users to serve as remote administrators of a server and its corresponding Web sites.

• Configuring Remote Administration
• Configuring Delegated Administration
• Configuring Feature Delegation

Module 7: Using Command-line and Scripting for IIS 7.0 Administration
The students will learn basic scripting methods for completing IIS 7.0 administrative tasks needed to maintain Web sites and Web servers.

• Tools for Running Administrative Tasks in IIS
• Executing Scripts for Administrative Tasks
• Managing IIS Tasks

Module 8: Tuning IIS 7.0 for Improved Performance
The students will be introduced to techniques for improving Web Server performance.

• Implementing Best Practices for Improving IIS Performance
• Configuring Options to Improve IIS Performance
• Managing Application Pools to Improve IIS Performance

Module 9: Ensuring Web Site Availability with Web Farms
The students will learn to ensure Web site availability in a Web farm topology.

• Backing Up and Restoring Web Sites
• Working with Shared Configurations
• Configuring Network Load Balancing for IIS

Module 10: Troubleshooting IIS 7.0 Web Servers
The students will learn to use audit logs to troubleshoot common Web Server related authentication, authorization, communication, and configuration error messages.

• Using IIS 7.0 Logging for Troubleshooting
• Troubleshooting Authentication
• Troubleshooting Authorization
• Troubleshooting Communication
• Troubleshooting Configuration