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Answers the cry of MS IIS server administrators, covering the upgrade and difference between IIS 5 and IIS 6 quickly without filler.
List of contents
Introduction.
Who Should Read This Book. How to Use This Book.
1. Introducing IIS 6.
Supported Features. Availability. Compatibility.
2. Architecture and Execution.
What's New. Architecture. Configuration.
3. Security.
What's New. Locking/Unlocking a Server. Authentication Methods. Authorization. SSL Improvements. Worker Process Identification. Background Security. FTP Security.
4. Management and Monitoring.
What's New. XML Metabase. Web-based Management. Command-line Management. Remote Desktop-Terminal Services. Advanced Logging.
5. Performance and Reliability.
What's New. Asynchronous CGI. Site Driven Management. Content Caching. Worker Process Enhancements. Quality of Service Parameters. Network Load Balancing. Patch Management.
6. Development and Deployment.
What's New. ISAPI Extensions. Development Platforms. Web Services. Unicode Support.
7. Migrating from IIS 4/5 to IIS 6.
What's New. Fasttrack Guide-IIS 4 to IIS 6. Fasttrack Guide-IIS 5 to IIS 6. Feature Comparison (IIS 4 Through IIS 6). Upgrading to IIS 6. Using the IIS Migration Tool.
8. Migrating from Apache to IIS 6.
What's New. Administration. Log Files. Site Configuration. Security Conversions. Dynamic Solutions. Deployment Options.
Appendix A: Scalability and Reliability.
Clustering Solutions.
Appendix B: IIS 6 Resource Kits Guide.
Apache to IIS 6 Migration Tool. CustomAuth Version 1. IIS 6 Migration Tool. IISCertDeploy.vbs Version 1. IIS Host Helper Service Version 1. IISState Version 3. Log Parser Version 2.1. MetabaseExplorer Version 1.6. Permissions Verifier Version 1. RemapUrl Version 1. SelfSSL Version 1. TinyGet Version 5.2. Web Capacity Analysis Tool Version 5.2. WFetch Version 1.3.
Index
About the author
Martin "MC" Brown is the author of numerous computer books and a devoted mapping geek.
Don Jones (Toronto, Ontario) is the founder of exper!ence it inc., one of the leading developers of corporate experiential and simulated training programs in North America. The company develops, facilitates, and evaluates adult educational programs for a diverse clientele, including Fortune 500 corporations, Olympic teams, entrepreneurial training centers and not-for-profit organizations. Don Jones is also a featured speaker at many North American conferences.
Summary
Answers the cry of MS IIS server administrators, covering the upgrade and difference between IIS 5 and IIS 6 quickly without filler.
