Administering the Web Server (IIS) Role of Windows Server

Course details

This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge to configure and manage IIS. It provides pre-requisite skills supporting a broad range of Internet web applications, security, and knowledge to help support other products that use IIS.

Course Outline

1 - Overview and Installing Internet Information Services

• Understanding a Web Server infrastructure
• Installing Internet Information Services
• Lab: Installing Internet Information Services

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
• Lab: Configuring the Default website for public access

3 - Configuring and Managing Application Pools

• Defining the Application Pool Architecture
• Creating and Managing Application Pools
• Configuring Application Pool Recycling
• Lab: Configuring and Managing Application Pools
• Lab: Configuring Application Pool Recycling

4 - Creating Additional Websites

• Understanding multiple websites on a single server
• Examining and configuring the website bindings
• Creating New Websites
• Lab: Examining the existing websites and bindings for conflicts
• Lab: Creating new websites

5 - Configuring Website and Web Application Support

• Configuring Common features
• Adding support for web applications
• Lab: Configuring Common Features
• Lab: Adding support for web applications

6 - Securing Websites and Applications

• Defining Access Control for Web Servers, Sites and Applications
• Configuring Authentication and permissions
• Enabling URL Authorization Rules
• Lab: Configuring Authentication and permissions
• Lab: Enabling URL Authorization Rules

7 - Securing Data Transmissions with SSL

• Understanding Certificates and SSL
• Creating certificates for a web server
• Adding a certificate to a website
• Lab: Creating and installing a self-signed certificate
• Lab: Adding a certificate to a website

8 - Using the Central Certificate Store

• Understanding the Central Certificate Store
• Installing and configuring the Central Certificate Store
• Lab: Installing and Configuring the Central Certificate Store

9 - Configuring Remote Administration

• Installing and Configuring the Management Service
• Connecting to remote web servers and websites
• Delegating Management Access
• Lab: Installing and Configuring the Management Service
• Lab: Connecting to remote web servers and websites
• Lab: Delegating Management Access

10 - Implementing FTP

• Implementing FTP
• Configuring an FTP site
• Configuring an FTP site
• Lab: Configuring and using an FTP site

11 - Monitoring IIS

• Monitoring IIS logs with Log Parser
• Lab: Monitoring IIS logs with Log Parser

12 - Backing up and Restoring IIS

• Understanding the IIS environment for Backup and restore
• Performing a backup and restore of a website
• Lab: 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 network share
• Sharing content to a Web Farm using DFS-R
• Sharing IIS Configurations in a Web Farm
• Lab: Building a Load-Balanced Web Farm using ARR
• Lab: Sharing content to a Web Farm using a network share
• Lab: Sharing content to a Web Farm using DFS-R
• Lab: Sharing IIS Configurations in a Web Farm

Target Audience: This course is intended for IT Professionals already experienced in general Windows Server and Windows Client administration. No prior experience with any version of Internet Information Services is assumed.