Configuring and Troubleshooting Internet Information Services in Windows Server 2008

Course contentModule 1: Configuring anIIS7.0 Web ServerThe students will be introduced to the process of installing a Web Server and configuringIISfeatures such as application development; health and diagnostics;HTTPfeatures and more.
Lessons

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

Lab 1: Configuring anIIS7.0 Web Server

• InstallingIISusing Role Manager
• InstallingIISusing Unattend Setup
• InstallingIISon Server Core from Command Line
• ConfiguringIISand Validate Functionality

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe theIIS7.0 modular architecture
• Describe theIIS7.0 workloads
• Describe the three methods for installingIIS7.0
• InstallIIS7.0 using each of the three identified methods
• Configure common features forIIS7.0
• Validate functionality of configured features

Module 2: ConfiguringIIS7.0 Web Sites and Application PoolsThe students will be introduced to creating and managing Web sites and application pools.
Lessons

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

Lab 1: ConfiguringIIS7.0 Web Sites and Application Pools

• Configuring Authentication Types
• Creating a Web Site and Web Application
• Creating an Application Pool
• Configuring an Existing Application Pool

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe how the application pool is used
• Describe authentication types used inIIS7.0
• Configure the authentication types for Web sites and application pools
• Create a Web site and a corresponding virtual directory
• Create a new application pool
• Configure an existing application pool

Module 3: ConfiguringIIS7.0 Application SettingsThe students will be introduced configuring application settings usingASP.NET.
Lessons

• Configuring Application Settings
• ConfiguringASP.NET Security

Lab 1: ConfiguringIIS7.0 Application Settings

• ConfiguringASP.NET
• ConfiguringASP.NET Application Development Settings
• Configuring a Web Server to Host Multiple Web Applications with Separate Application Pools
• ConfiguringASP.NET Security

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• DescribeASP.NET application development settings
• ConfigureASP.NET
• ConfigureASP.NET Web application development settings
• Configure a Web Server to host multiple Web applications with separate application pools usingASP.NET
• ConfigureASP.NET security

Module 4: ConfiguringIIS7.0 ModulesThe students will be introduced to configuringIISmodules.
Lessons

• Configuring Native Modules
• Configuring Managed Modules

Lab 1: ConfiguringIIS7.0 Modules

• Configuring and Editing Native Modules
• Configuring and Edit Managed Modules

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Configure native modules
• Configure managed modules
• Edit managed and native modules

Module 5: Securing theIIS7.0 Web Server and Web SitesThe students will be introduced to configuring a secure Web Server and Web sites and to using logging as a tool for monitoring security.
Lessons

• Configuring Secure Web Sites and Servers
• Configure Other Aspects of Web Server Security
• Configuring Logging forIIS7.0

Lab 1: SecuringIIS7.0 Web Server and Web Sites

• Configuring a Secure Web server
• Configuring Authorization, Authentication and Access
• Configuring Logging

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Configure a secure Web Server
• Configure authorization forIISWeb Server
• Configure authentication forIISWeb Server
• Configure access forIISWeb Server
• Configure a secure Web site
• Configure logging forIIS7.0

Module 6: Configuring Delegation and Remote AdministrationThe 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.
Lessons

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

Lab 1: Configuring Delegation and Remote Administration

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

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe remote administration service
• Configure remote administration
• Describe the new distributed, configuration system, applicationHost.config
• Describe how configuration files are distributed down to the application level Web.config forIISsettings
• Configure delegated administrative rights to a Web site
• Configure feature delegation for a specific Web site

Module 7: Using Command-line and Scripting forIIS7.0 AdministrationThe students will learn basic scripting methods for completingIIS7.0 administrative tasks needed to maintain Web sites and Web servers.
Lessons

• Tools for Running Administrative Tasks inIIS
• Executing Scripts for Administrative Tasks
• ManagingIISTasks

Lab 1: Using Command-line and Scripting forIIS7.0 Administration

• ManagingIISWeb Sites with PowerShell
• Executing a Script usingWAP
• AutomatingIISAdministration using Scripts
• NavigatingIIStasks usingWMIand Appcmd

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Maintain Web servers with command line tools
• Identify when and how to run scripts using PowerShell
• Identify when and how to run scripts using the Microsoft Web Administration Provider
• Identify when and how to run scripts using command-line
• Execute anIISscript using PowerShell
• Execute anIISscript using Microsoft Web Administration Provider
• Execute anIISscript using command-line
• AutomateIISadministration tasks using scripts
• NavigateIIStasks usingWMIProvider and appcmd.exe

Module 8: TuningIIS7.0 for Improved PerformanceThe students will be introduced to techniques for improving Web Server performance.
Lessons

• Implementing Best Practices for ImprovingIISPerformance
• Configuring Options to ImproveIISPerformance
• Managing Application Pools to ImproveIISPerformance

Lab 1: TuningIIS7.0 for Performance

• ConfiguringIISPerformance Options
• Managing Application Pools to Improve Performance
• Deploying Applications

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe best practices for improving performance
• Configure options to improveIISperformance
• Manage application pools to improveIISperformance

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

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

Lab 1: Ensuring Web Site Availability with Web Farms

• Backing Up anIISWeb Site
• Restoring anIISWeb site
• Enabling Shared Configurations
• Configuring Network Load Balancing

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Back up anIIS7.0 Web site
• Restore anIIS7.0 Web site
• Enable shared configurations
• Ensure Web site availability using Network Load Balancing

Module 10: TroubleshootingIIS7.0 Web ServersThe students will learn to use audit logs to troubleshoot common Web Server related authentication, authorization, communication, and configuration error messages.
Lessons

• UsingIIS7.0 Logging for Troubleshooting
• Troubleshooting Authentication
• Troubleshooting Authorization
• Troubleshooting Communication
• Troubleshooting Configuration

Lab 1: TroubleshootingIIS7.0 Web Servers

• Troubleshooting Authentication
• Troubleshooting Authorization Types
• Troubleshooting Communication
• Troubleshooting Configuration

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Audit logs to troubleshootIIS
• Troubleshoot authentication based on common error messages
• Troubleshoot authorization types forIIS7.0
• Troubleshoot communication when managing a Web Server
• Troubleshoot configuration based on common error messages