Administering IIS4 [Paperback]

Mitch Tulloch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 29, 1998 | Series: Windows Nt Technical Expert

Internet Information Servier (IIS) is the software that's used to manage a website under Windows NT. It's important because it's produced by Microsoft-and this book is the everyday reference that the systems administrator needs to run a large website under IIS 4.0.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Aimed at network administrators who may not be familiar with Web servers, Administering IIS4 offers a hands-on practical approach to Microsoft Internet Information Server 4 (IIS 4). This guide is designed to help busy technology professionals get IIS 4 installed quickly and respond to its many administration challenges.

Author Mitch Tulloch shows his expertise as a Microsoft Certified Trainer, presenting the information in a well-organized format that revolves around solving common problems. The book has three parts: Administering Servers, Administering Clients, and Administering Content Developers to cover the essential information. A mixture of suggestion lists, problem/solution examples, and walkthroughs make the title an efficient read.

Tulloch covers the individual WWW, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) services from the management perspective, and he devotes a large portion of the book to troubleshooting in a question-and-answer format. While this section includes lots of useful information, some of the answers are a bit on the light side.

Two appendices offer concise tutorials on TCP/IP and DNS, including an excellent explanation of IP addresses and a walkthrough of how to configure Microsoft DNS Server. For administrators who need immediate assistance running IIS 4, this how-to will frequently come to the rescue. --Stephen W. Plain

Topics covered: Installation, Microsoft Management Console, WWW/FTP/SMTP/NNTP services, Internet Explorer Administration Kit, Indexing, Performance monitoring and optimization, digital certificates, Active Server Pages, and troubleshooting.

Product Details

• Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: Computing Mcgraw-Hill (May 29, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070655367
• ISBN-13: 978-0070655362
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.2 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,443,335 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mitch Tulloch is a widely recognized expert on Windows administration, networking, and security. He has been repeatedly awarded Most Valuable Professional (MVP) status by Microsoft for his outstanding contributions in supporting users who deploy and use Microsoft platforms, products and solutions. Mitch has published over two hundred articles on different IT websites and magazines, and he has written or contributed to almost two dozen books and is lead author for the Windows 7 Resource Kit from Microsoft Press. For more information about Mitch, see his website at www.mtit.com.

Customer Reviews

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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for Everyone!!, June 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Administering IIS4 (Paperback)

This is a great book for anyone dealing with IIS 4.0. I'm not a beginner when it comes to web servers (I worked with Netscape Enterprise Server for 2 years) but I am (or was)new to IIS.

Because IIS is based off of NT 4.0, it is a different breed of web server. Whether it's better or not..well, I'll keep those comments to myself. But I do feel that this book really helped me get up to speed with IIS fast...really fast. There's great coverage of all the services, some troubleshooting help, and he even touches on how to remotely administer the web server from a non-NT machine.

I recommend this to anyone needing to learn IIS.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars missing ODBC codes, March 9, 2000

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Carl Swenson (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Administering IIS4 (Paperback)

With out side help you may pass the IIS test but not on this book alone. Nothing on error codes and the test does cover this. Good graphs and pictures to help understand.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book for IIS4 test, May 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Administering IIS4 (Paperback)

I passed the IIS4 test with an 827 last week and this book really helped my understanding of IIS4 and making it work! This book coupled with Transcender, braindumps, and Microsoft's ODBC error code printouts from MS web site helped me learn the material and pass the test. Download the PC Age demo test as well.

Good luck.