Configuring and Troubleshooting IIS in Windows Server 2008
Course OutlineModule 1: Configuring an IIS 7.0 Web ServerLessons
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Introducing Internet Information Services 7.0
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Installing the Web Server Role in Windows Server 2008
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Configuring Application Development, Health, and HTTP Features
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Configuring Performance, Security, and Server Component Features
Lab : Configuring an IIS 7.0 Web Server
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Installing IIS using Role Manager
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Installing IIS using Unattend Setup
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Installing IIS on Server Core from Command Line
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Configuring IIS and Validate Functionality
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe the IIS 7.0 modular architecture.
- Describe the IIS 7.0 workloads.
- Describe the three methods for installing IIS 7.0.
- Install IIS 7.0 using each of the three identified methods.
- Configure common features for IIS 7.0.
- Validate functionality of configured features.
Module 2: Configuring IIS 7.0 Web Sites and Application Pools
The students will be introduced to creating and managing Web sites and application pools.
Lessons
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Introducing Web Sites and Application Pools
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Creating a Web Site
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Creating an Application Pool
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Maintaining an Application Pool
Lab : Configuring IIS 7.0 Web Sites and Application Pools
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Configuring Authentication Types
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Creating a Web Site and Web Application
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Creating an Application Pool
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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 in IIS 7.0.
- 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: Configuring IIS 7.0 Application Settings
The students will be introduced to configuring application settings using ASP.NET.
Lessons
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Configuring Application Settings
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Configuring ASP.NET Security
Lab : Configuring IIS 7.0 Application Settings
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Configuring ASP.NET
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Configuring ASP.NET Application Development Settings
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Configuring a Web Server to Host Multiple Web Applications with Separate Application Pools
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Configuring ASP.NET Security
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe ASP.NET application development settings.
- Configure ASP.NET.
- Configure ASP.NET Web application development settings.
- Configure a Web Server to host multiple Web applications with separate application pools using ASP.NET.
- Configure ASP.NET security.
Module 4: Configuring IIS 7.0 Modules
The students will be introduced to configuring IIS modules.
Lessons
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Configuring Native Modules
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Configuring Managed Modules
Lab : Configuring IIS 7.0 Modules
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Configuring and Editing Native Modules
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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 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.
Lessons
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Configuring Secure Web Sites and Servers
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Configure Other Aspects of Web Server Security
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Configuring Logging for IIS 7.0
Lab : Securing IIS 7.0 Web Server and Web Sites
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Configuring a Secure Web Server
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Configuring Authorization, Authentication, and Access
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Configuring Logging
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Configure a secure Web Server.
- Configure authorization for IIS Web Server.
- Configure authentication for IIS Web Server.
- Configure access for IIS Web Server.
- Configure a secure Web site.
- Configure logging for IIS 7.0.
Module 6: 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.
Lessons
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Configuring Remote Administration
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Configuring Delegated Administration
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Configuring Feature Delegation
Lab : Configuring Delegation and Remote Administration
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Configuring Remote Administration
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Configuring Delegated Administration
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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 for IIS settings.
- Configure delegated administrative rights to a Web site.
- Configure feature delegation for a specific Web site.
Module 7: 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.
Lessons
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Tools for Running Administrative Tasks in IIS
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Executing Scripts for Administrative Tasks
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Managing IIS Tasks
Lab : Using Command-line and Scripting for IIS 7.0 Administration
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Managing IIS Web Sites with PowerShell
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Executing a Script using WAP
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Automating IIS Administration using Scripts
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Navigating IIS tasks using WMI and 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 an IIS script using PowerShell.
- Execute an IIS script using Microsoft Web Administration Provider.
- Execute an IIS script using command-line.
- Automate IIS administration tasks using scripts.
- Navigate IIS tasks using WMI Provider and appcmd.exe.
Module 8: Tuning IIS 7.0 for Improved Performance
The students will be introduced to techniques for improving Web Server performance.
Lessons
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Implementing Best Practices for Improving IIS Performance
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Configuring Options to Improve IIS Performance
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Managing Application Pools to Improve IIS Performance
Lab : Tuning IIS 7.0 for Performance
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Configuring IIS Performance Options
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Managing Application Pools to Improve Performance
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Deploying Applications
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Describe best practices for improving performance.
- Configure options to improve IIS performance.
- Manage application pools to improve IIS performance.
Module 9: Ensuring Web Site Availability with Web Farms
The students will learn to ensure Web site availability in a Web farm topology.
Lessons
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Backing Up and Restoring Web Sites
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Working with Shared Configurations
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Configuring Network Load Balancing for IIS
Lab : Ensuring Web Site Availability with Web Farms
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Backing Up an IIS Web Site
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Restoring an IIS Web site
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Enabling Shared Configurations
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Configuring Network Load Balancing
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Back up an IIS 7.0 Web site.
- Restore an IIS 7.0 Web site.
- Enable shared configurations.
- Ensure Web site availability using Network Load Balancing.
Module 10: 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.
Lessons
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Using IIS 7.0 Logging for Troubleshooting
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Troubleshooting Authentication
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Troubleshooting Authorization
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Troubleshooting Communication
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Troubleshooting Configuration
Lab : Troubleshooting IIS 7.0 Web Servers
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Troubleshooting Authentication
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Troubleshooting Authorization Types
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Troubleshooting Communication
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Troubleshooting Configuration
After completing this module, students will be able to:
- Audit logs to troubleshoot IIS.
- Troubleshoot authentication based on common error messages.
- Troubleshoot authorization types for IIS 7.0.
- Troubleshoot communication when managing a Web Server.
- Troubleshoot configuration based on common error messages.
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.
