Table of Contents

Introduction.
Part I: Introduction and Deployment.


Chapter 1: Background on IIS and New Features in IIS 7.0.


Chapter 2: IIS 7.0 Architecture.


Chapter 3: Planning Your Deployment.


Chapter 4: Installing IIS 7.0.


Part II: Administration.


Chapter 5: Administration Tools.


Chapter 6: Web-Site Administration.


Chapter 7: Web Application Administration.


Chapter 8: Web Application Pool Administration.


Chapter 9: Delegating Remote Administration.


Chapter 10: Configuring Other Services.


Part III: Advanced Administration.


Chapter 11: Core Server.


Chapter 12: Core Server Extensibility.


Chapter 13: Securing the Server.


Chapter 14: Authentication and Authorization.


Chapter 15: SSL and TLS.


Chapter 16: Configuring and Load-Balancing Web Farms.


Chapter 17: Programmatic Configuration and Management.


Part IV: Managing and Operating IIS 7.0.


Chapter 18: IIS and Operations Management.


Chapter 19: Monitoring and Performance Tuning.


Chapter 20: Diagnostics and Troubleshooting.


Appendix A: Module Reference.


Appendix B: IIS Status Codes.


Appendix C: WCF Primer.


Appendix D: Resources.


Index.

About the Author

Ken Schaefer is a systems engineer consultant for global
systems integrator Avanade. Avanade is a joint partnership between
Microsoft and Accenture and focuses on enterprise projects across
the Microsoft product stack. Ken has worked with IIS for around 10
years and has been a Microsoft MVP for IIS since 2003. He has
presented at numerous Microsoft Tech.Ed events across the United
States, Australia, and Asia; written articles for Microsoft
TechNet; and spent countless hours talking about IIS at other
events, user group meetings, and road shows. He is currently an
MCSE, MCDBA, MCTS, and holds a Masters in Business and Technology
from UNSW. When he isn?t thinking about IIS, Ken can usually
be found tinkering with Active Directory, Operations Manager, SQL
Server, Windows Media Center, Virtual PC?
Jeff Cochran is a Senior Network Specialist for the City
of Naples, Florida, and has been employed in the computer
networking industry for nearly two decades. Beginning with computer
bulletin boards on a Commodore 64 in the early 1980s, he has worked
with nearly every method of communication via computer since. In
the early 1990s, he started the first commercial ISP in Southwest
Florida, using Windows NT 3.51 systems for mail, web, and FTP
servers.

Jeff is married to Zina, a self-employed graphic designer, and
spends his free time remodeling a 1950s home in Naples. Although
most of his personal hobbies revolve around computers, he enjoys
Geocaching and collecting pinball machines, and is still addicted
to Age of Empires.


Scott Forsyth works for ORCS Web, Inc. as the Director of
IT. ORCS Web is a Microsoft Certified Partner offering web hosting
services utilizing the IIS platform for hosting of ASP.NET,
SharePoint, SQL Server, Exchange and other technologies. He is a
Microsoft MVP for ASP.NET, an ASP Insider and has multiple MCP
certifications.

Scott is married and has two kids, Joel and Alisha, who don?t
work with IIS yet but do spend countless hours on the computer.
When he's not in front of a computer, Scott leads a youth group at
his local church, plays the drums and enjoys playing table
tennis.


Rob Baugh is the VP of IT for Anres Technologies. He has
been in the IT field since 1999 and has worked with IIS the entire
time. He has multiple Microsoft Certified Professional
certifications.

Rob is married to Stacy and they have one daughter, Emily. His
passion (when away from computers) is scuba diving, so he recently
relocated to Merida, Mexico to be closer to the blue waters of the
Caribbean.


Mike Everest has had an interest in computing from the
time he first laid eyes on a PC at high school in 1978. He operated
a series of Bulletin Board Systems throughout the 1980s while
completing his undergraduate studies and experimenting with early
Internet technologies.

Mike began working with web servers in the early 1990s and
established the first commercial web hosting platform in his
regional hometown of Geelong, Australia. Since then, specializing
in Internet infrastructure, hosting services, and ISP systems, he
has participated in establishing and developing no fewer than seven
technology companies, sold two, and maintains an ongoing interest
in three.

Mike is delighted to have had the opportunity to contribute to this
book and is more than happy to receive comments, questions, and
criticisms from readers.


Dennis Glendenning (MA, MBA, MCSA+Msg, MCSE, PMP) is a
Principal Systems Engineer with Avanade, where he provides design
and delivery leadership for large-scale technology integration
projects. Dennis?s background includes graduate training,
professional certifications, and a blend of technical and project
management experience that spans more than 15 years. In addition to
delivering technology architectures for Fortune 500 companies,
Dennis has led several eCommerce infrastructure teams to leverage
IIS in the public safety, insurance, and financial industries.
Although he travels the United States for work, Dennis lives in
Cleveland, Ohio with his wife and two children, and he revels in
hiking, history, great speeches, and epic FPS PC games. Dennis can
be reached at dglendenni@hotmail.com.