Course Length:

3 Days

Course Description:

In this 3-day instructor-led course, the students will learn to install, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot an Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 Web Server in Windows Server 2008.

Who Should Attend:

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. The secondary audience for this course is individuals who are Web-based application developers who also possess networking skills.

Benefits of Attendance:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe the IIS 7.0 modular architecture and workloads.
• Configure an IIS 7.0 Web Server.
• Secure Web sites and Web application pools.
• Troubleshoot Web servers, sites and applications.
• Use command line tools and scripting tools.
• Tune IIS to improve performance.
• Maintain Web sites.
• Enable integrated technologies to extend IIS 7.0 functionality.

Prerequisites:

Before attending this course, students must have taken course 6420 Foundational Series: Fundamentals of a Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure and Application Platform or a minimum of 1 year of experience administering and supporting a Web Server role using Windows Server 2003. Network + certification is also required.

Course Outline:

• Module 1: Configuring an IIS 7.0 Web Server
  1. Introducing Internet Information Services 7.0
  2. Installing the Web Server Role in Windows Server 2008
  3. Configuring Application Development, Health, and HTTP Features
  4. Configuring Performance, Security, and Server Component Features
  5. Lab: Configuring an IIS 7.0 Web Server
  6. Installing IIS using Role Manager
  7. Installing IIS using Unattend Setup
  8. Installing IIS on Server Core from Command Line
  9. Configuring IIS and Validate Functionality
• Module 2: Configuring IIS 7.0 Web Sites and Application Pools
  1. Introducing Web Sites and Application Pools
  2. Creating a Web Site
  3. Creating an Application Pool
  4. Maintaining an Application Pool
  5. Lab: Configuring IIS 7.0 Web Sites and Application Pools
  6. Configuring Authentication Types
  7. Creating a Web Site and Web Application
  8. Creating an Application Pool
  9. Configuring an Existing Application Pool
• Module 3: Configuring IIS 7.0 Application Settings
  1. Configuring Application Settings
  2. Configuring ASP.NET Security
  3. Lab: Configuring IIS 7.0 Application Settings
  4. Configuring ASP.NET
  5. Configuring ASP.NET Application Development Settings
  6. Configuring a Web Server to Host Multiple Web Applications with Separate Application Pools
  7. Configuring ASP.NET Security
• Module 4: Configuring IIS 7.0 Modules
  1. Configuring Native Modules
  2. Configuring Managed Modules
  3. Lab: Configuring IIS 7.0 Modules
  4. Configuring and Editing Native Modules
  5. Configuring and Edit Managed Modules
• Module 5: Securing the IIS 7.0 Web Server and Web Sites
  1. Configuring Secure Web Sites and Servers
  2. Configure Other Aspects of Web Server Security
  3. Configuring Logging for IIS 7.0
  4. Lab: Securing IIS 7.0 Web Server and Web Sites
  5. Configuring a Secure Web Server
  6. Configuring Authorization, Authentication, and Access
  7. Configuring Logging
• Module 6: Configuring Delegation and Remote Administration
  1. Configuring Remote Administration
  2. Configuring Delegated Administration
  3. Configuring Feature Delegation
  4. Lab: Configuring Delegation and Remote Administration
  5. Configuring Remote Administration
  6. Configuring Delegated Administration
  7. Configuring Feature Delegation
• Module 7: Using Command-line and Scripting for IIS 7.0 Administration
  1. Tools for Running Administrative Tasks in IIS
  2. Executing Scripts for Administrative Tasks
  3. Managing IIS Tasks
  4. Lab: Using Command-line and Scripting for IIS 7.0 Administration
  5. Managing IIS Web Sites with PowerShell
  6. Executing a Script using WAP
  7. Automating IIS Administration using Scripts
  8. Navigating IIS tasks using WMI and Appcmd
• Module 8: Tuning IIS 7.0 for Improved Performance
  1. Implementing Best Practices for Improving IIS Performance
  2. Configuring Options to Improve IIS Performance
  3. Managing Application Pools to Improve IIS Performance
  4. Lab: Tuning IIS 7.0 for Performance
  5. Configuring IIS Performance Options
  6. Managing Application Pools to Improve Performance
  7. Deploying Applications
• Module 9: Ensuring Web Site Availability with Web Farms
  1. Backing Up and Restoring Web Sites
  2. Working with Shared Configurations
  3. Configuring Network Load Balancing for IIS
  4. Lab: Ensuring Web Site Availability with Web Farms
  5. Backing Up an IIS Web Site
  6. Restoring an IIS Web site
  7. Enabling Shared Configurations
  8. Configuring Network Load Balancing
  9. Ensure Web site availability using Network Load Balancing.
• Module 10: Troubleshooting IIS 7.0 Web Servers
  1. Using IIS 7.0 Logging for Troubleshooting
  2. Troubleshooting Authentication
  3. Troubleshooting Authorization
  4. Troubleshooting Communication
  5. Troubleshooting Configuration
  6. Lab: Troubleshooting IIS 7.0 Web Servers
  7. Troubleshooting Authentication
  8. Troubleshooting Authorization Types
  9. Troubleshooting Communication
  10. Troubleshooting Configuration