3 Day Course
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.
Prerequisites
Before attending this course,
students must have:
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Course 6420 Foundational
Series: Fundamentals of a Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure and
Application Platform.
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Or
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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
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:
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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.
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
•
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:
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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.
Module 3: Configuring IIS 7.0 Application Settings
The students will be introduced
to configuring application settings using ASP.NET.
Lessons
•
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:
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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.
Module 4: Configuring IIS 7.0 Modules
The students will be introduced
to configuring IIS modules.
Lessons
•
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:
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Configure
native modules.
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Configure
managed modules.
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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
•
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:
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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.
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:
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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, application Host.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.
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:
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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.
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:
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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.
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:
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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.
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:
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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
