Title: Professional IIS 7 Author(s): Ken Schaefer, Jeff Cochran, Scott Forsyth et al. Pages: 812 Publisher: Wrox Publication date: 2008 Language: English Format: PDF ISBN-10: 0470097825 ISBN-13: Description: This book is a complete reference to IIS 7.0 - both for developers and administrators. In addition to covering the common administrative tasks, this book will take an in depth look at IIS7.0 extensibility and operations management. This information will be pulled from people running major intranets and web hosting facilities. The book will differentiate itself from other IIS 7.0 books by showing how to:
* Automate administrative tasks.
* Monitor and manage an IIS environment, including MOF (Microsoft Operations Framework) and MOM (Microsoft Operations Manager). This information would be useful to systems administrators after they have deployed an IIS solution, by ensuring they are able to stabilize and monitor the environment.
* Debug and troubleshoot IIS. Few people (outside PSS and so forth) have the necessary information on available tools and how to use them effectively.
* Secure the IIS environment--including coverage of authentication protocols, PKI/SSL etc. Most books merely remark that a particular protocol is "secure" (or not secure) without detailing how these protocols work, what their strengths are, and how they can be subverted.
* Extend IIS7.0 through the use of ISAPI filters and HTTPModules.
* Master advanced topics (such as Network Load Balancing/High Availability) that are not covered by other books. Our author team has experience in large scale IIS hosting that few others do.
From the Back Cover
Professional IIS 7
As the first update to Microsoft's server operating system in nearlyfive years, Windows Server? 2008 boasts the new Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS 7), which is the largest departure from previous versions of IIS ever. With IIS 7, Microsoft has completely changed the way the product works, including new configuration, delegated administration, security enhancements, real-time diagnostic and troubleshooting features, plus more.
Written by an author team that includes four Microsoft MVPs, this book shows you how to take advantage of these exciting new features of IIS 7. The authors draw on their expertise in the areas of deployment, hosting, development, and enterprise operations in order to help you with the learning curve of becoming familiar with IIS 7. With a clear understanding of IIS 7, you'll learn to deploy, install, monitor, manage, and secure an IIS environment with confidence and ease.
What you will learn from this book
* How to maximize use of the brand-new FTP server and FastCGI support
* Techniques for automating administrative tasks
* The basics of the new administration tools
* Tips for performance monitoring and tuning
* Ways to extend IIS 7 through the use of ISAPI filters and HTTP modules
* Details for determining whether a particular protocol is secure
* Advanced topics such as programmatic configuration and management and load balancing web farms
Who this book is for
This book is for developers and IIS administrators.
Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.
Title: Professional IIS 7