Customer Reviews

Internet Information Services Administration

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First of all, I tend to read through material like this rather quickly. That said, it was rather unsettling that there were inaccuracies and outright errors blatant enough for me to catch them in the midst of "speeding" through the text. The technical reviewers really dropped the ball on this one.

An example? Hard drive mirroring (yes, it's mentioned in there) is not RAID Level 5; it's RAID Level 0 -- and more than two drives are required for RAID Level 5 anyway!

There are also quite a few typesetting errors where references to supposed "preceding" illustrations / diagrams actually precede the diagrams being mentioned or where the diagrams do not accurately reflect the material being discussed.

But I digress. This book would be a decent primer for someone new to IIS and looking to deploy basic Web services on a Win2K server, but seasoned IIS admins will be let down. Ms. Adam's book is essentially nothing more than an attempt to flesh out the material contained in the IIS5 readme files and online help.

My advice? If you're new to IIS5, buy the book and use it to get started. If you're not new to IIS, spend your money on something a little more substantial such as the MS Press "Microsoft Internet Information Services 5.0 Documentation" book.

This is the defnitive guide for IIS administration on Windows 2000. From security and protocols to database integration, this book sets a solid foundation for building a robust and efficient real-world web server. There is no better text that I've found for getting the latest version of IIS up and running smoothly and quickly. This book should have been shipped with the product.

I was excited about reading this book because I figured it must be quick reading since its only about 150 pages long.
I'm a beginner and was hoping it would show me how to host my website. After reading a couple of chapters I get to the chapter customizing www sites where it says "This chapter does not outline the basics of setting up a web site...This chapter, like later chapters, assumes that your are already familiar with the basics of IIS.
Why wouldn't they show you how? Would it be so terrible to put in one additional chapter that shows you how?
I think there must be better books out there.