Configuring and Troubleshooting Internet
Information Services in Windows Server 2008
Course 6427: Three days;
Instructor-Led
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Additional Windows Server 2008 Training Courses
Introduction
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.
Audience
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.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able
to:
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Describe the IIS 7.0 modular architecture and
workloads.
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Configure an IIS 7.0 Web Server.
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Secure Web sites and Web application pools.
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Troubleshoot Web servers, sites and
applications.
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Use command line tools and scripting tools.
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Tune IIS to improve performance.
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Maintain Web sites.
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Enable integrated technologies to extend IIS
7.0 functionality.
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Prerequisites
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A minimum of 1 year of experience
administering and supporting a Web Server role using Windows
Server 2003.
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Network + certification.
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Course Outline
Module 1: 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.
Lessons
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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
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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
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After completing this module, students will be able
to:
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Describe the IIS 7.0 modular architecture.
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Describe the IIS 7.0 workloads.
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Describe the three methods for installing IIS
7.0.
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Install IIS 7.0 using each of the three
identified methods.
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Configure common features for IIS 7.0.
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Validate functionality of configured features.
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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
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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
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After completing this module, students will be able
to:
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Describe how the application pool is used.
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Describe authentication types used in IIS 7.0.
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Configure the authentication types for Web
sites and application pools.
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Create a Web site and a corresponding virtual
directory.
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Create a new application pool.
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Configure an existing application pool.
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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
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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
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After completing this module, students will be able
to:
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Describe ASP.NET application development
settings.
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Configure ASP.NET.
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Configure ASP.NET Web application development
settings.
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Configure a Web Server to host multiple Web
applications with separate application pools using ASP.NET.
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Configure ASP.NET security.
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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
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Lab: Configuring IIS 7.0 Modules
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Configuring and Editing Native Modules
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Configuring and Edit Managed Modules
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After completing this module, students will be able
to:
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Configure native modules.
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Configure managed modules.
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Edit managed and native modules.
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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
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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
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After completing this module, students will be able
to:
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Configure a secure Web Server.
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Configure authorization for IIS Web Server.
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Configure authentication for IIS Web Server.
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Configure access for IIS Web Server.
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Configure a secure Web site.
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Configure logging for IIS 7.0.
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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
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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
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After completing this module, students will be able
to:
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Describe remote administration service.
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Configure remote administration.
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Describe the new distributed, configuration
system, applicationHost.config.
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Describe how configuration files are
distributed down to the application level Web.config for IIS
settings.
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Configure delegated administrative rights to a
Web site.
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Configure feature delegation for a specific
Web site.
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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
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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
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After completing this module, students will be able
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Maintain Web Servers with command-line tools
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Identify when and how to run scripts using
PowerShell.
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Identify when and how to run scripts using the
Microsoft Web Administration Provider.
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Identify when and how to run scripts using
command-line.
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Execute an IIS script using PowerShell.
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Execute an IIS script using Microsoft Web
Administration Provider.
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Execute an IIS script using command-line.
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Automate IIS administration tasks using
scripts.
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Navigate IIS tasks using WMI Provider and
appcmd.exe.
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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
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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
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After completing this module, students will be able
to:
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Describe best practices for improving
performance.
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Configure options to improve IIS performance.
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Manage application pools to improve IIS
performance.
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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
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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
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After completing this module, students will be able
to:
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Back up an IIS 7.0 Web site.
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Restore an IIS 7.0 Web site.
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Enable shared configurations.
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Ensure Web site availability using Network
Load Balancing.
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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
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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
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After completing this module, students will be able
to:
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Audit logs to troubleshoot IIS.
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Troubleshoot authentication based on common
error messages.
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Troubleshoot authorization types for IIS 7.0.
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Troubleshoot communication when managing a Web
Server.
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Troubleshoot configuration based on common
error messages.
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