Three Day Course

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.

Performance-Based Objectives

Upon successful 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.

Prerequsites

Before attending this course, students must have:

• 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.

Course Content

Configuring an IIS 7.0 Web Server

The students will be introduced to the process of installing a Web Server and configuring IIS features such as application development; health and diagnostics; HTTP features and more.

• Introducing Internet Information Services 7.0
• Installing the Web Server Role in Windows Server 2008
• Configuring Application Development, Health, and HTTP Features
• Configuring Performance, Security, and Server Component Features
  • Labs:
    • Configuring an IIS 7.0 Web Server
    • Installing IIS using Role Manager
    • Installing IIS using Unattend Setup
    • Installing IIS on Server Core from Command Line
    • Configuring IIS and Validate Functionality

Configuring IIS 7.0 Web Sites and Application Pools

The students will be introduced to creating and managing Web sites and application pools.

• Introducing Web Sites and Application Pools
• Creating a Web Site
• Creating an Application Pool
• Maintaining an Application Pool
  • Labs:
    • Configuring IIS 7.0 Web Sites and Application Pools
    • Configuring Authentication Types
    • Creating a Web Site and Web Application
    • Creating an Application Pool
    • Configuring an Existing Application Pool

Configuring IIS 7.0 Application Settings

The students will be introduced to configuring application settings using ASP.NET.

• Configuring Application Settings
• Configuring ASP.NET Security
  • Labs:
    • Configuring IIS 7.0 Application Settings
    • Configuring ASP.NET
    • Configuring ASP.NET Application Development Settings
    • Configuring a Web Server to Host Multiple Web Applications with Separate Application Pools
    • Configuring ASP.NET Security

Configuring IIS 7.0 Modules

The students will be introduced to configuring IIS modules.

• Configuring Native Modules
• Configuring Managed Modules
  • Labs:
    • Configuring IIS 7.0 Modules
    • Configuring and Editing Native Modules
    • Configuring and Edit Managed Modules

Securing the IIS 7.0 Web Server and Web Sites

The students will be introduced to configuring a secure Web Server and Web sites and to using logging as a tool for monitoring security.

• Configuring Secure Web Sites and Servers
• Configure Other Aspects of Web Server Security
• Configuring Logging for IIS 7.0
  • Labs:
    • Securing IIS 7.0 Web Server and Web Sites
    • Configuring a Secure Web Server
    • Configuring Authorization, Authentication, and Access
    • Configuring Logging

Configuring Delegation and Remote Administration

The 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.

• Configuring Remote Administration
• Configuring Delegated Administration
• Configuring Feature Delegation
  • Labs:
    • Configuring Delegation and Remote Administration
    • Configuring Remote Administration
    • Configuring Delegated Administration
    • Configuring Feature Delegation

Using Command-line and Scripting for IIS 7.0 Administration

The students will learn basic scripting methods for completing IIS 7.0 administrative tasks needed to maintain Web sites and Web Servers.

• Tools for Running Administrative Tasks in IIS
• Executing Scripts for Administrative Tasks
  • Labs:
    • Using Command-line and Scripting for IIS 7.0 Administration
    • Managing IIS Web Sites with PowerShell
    • Executing a Script using WAP
    • Automating IIS Administration using Scripts
    • Navigating IIS tasks using WMI and Appcmd

Tuning IIS 7.0 for Improved Performance

The students will be introduced to techniques for improving Web Server performance.

• Implementing Best Practices for Improving IIS Performance
• Configuring Options to Improve IIS Performance
• Managing Application Pools to Improve IIS Performance
  • Labs:
    • Tuning IIS 7.0 for Performance
    • Configuring IIS Performance Options
    • Managing Application Pools to Improve Performance
    • Deploying Applications

Ensuring Web Site Availability with Web Farms

The students will learn to ensure Web site availability in a Web farm topology.

• Backing Up and Restoring Web Sites
• Working with Shared Configurations
• Configuring Network Load Balancing for IIS
  • Labs:
    • Ensuring Web Site Availability with Web Farms
    • Backing Up an IIS Web Site
    • Restoring an IIS Web site
    • Enabling Shared Configurations
    • Configuring Network Load Balancing

Troubleshooting IIS 7.0 Web Servers

The students will learn to use audit logs to troubleshoot common Web Server related authentication, authorization, communication, and configuration error messages.

• Using IIS 7.0 Logging for Troubleshooting
• Troubleshooting Authentication
• Troubleshooting Authorization
• Troubleshooting Communication
• Troubleshooting Configuration
  • Labs:
    • Troubleshooting IIS 7.0 Web Servers
    • Troubleshooting Authentication
    • Troubleshooting Authorization Types
    • Troubleshooting Communication
    • Troubleshooting Configuration

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