Customer Reviews

Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

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I picked this up as we were moving our front-end web servers to IIS 7 and as Stanek's other books have been extremely helpful. Having read it cover to cover and compared it to other IIS books available, I found it to be the best by far. This book focuses on exactly what I needed to know to get up to speed and to get the job done every day. As a reference manual it can't be beat.

If you're old hat to IIS, you may be surprised to learn that IIS 7.0 is completely rebuilt from the ground up.

The bad news is, the interface has been redesigned from top to bottom.

The good news is, the rework was done to bring the IIS technology more inline with the Microsoft .NET Framework.

I bought this book because the online resources I've found have been very poor (yes, including Microsoft's own sites). I've been pleased to find that the book dives straight into IIS, provides me the details I would need to manage my server, and (thankfully) provides a lot of screen shots. As an added bonus, Stanek offers suggestions on customization and points out areas that will require some decision-making, such as the hardware you plan to use and the security practices that you should think through.

If you're new to IIS as a whole, you'll have an easier time using this book to learn if you come from a development background. If you're new to Microsoft networking as well as IIS, you might need a little more detail and I'd suggest you start with a book on Windows Server 2008. As for me, this Swiss Army Knife of IIS Administration is probably going to be well-thumbed-through before the end of the year.

With all of the changes in IIS 7 this is a must have book for any admin. Even if you have never worked with IIS before this is a great book. I have always been happy with the Administrator's Pocket Consultant series of books. I recommend this book for anyone looking to keep up on the changes in technology.

the book is good it make me know more after i have the training and you will enjoy your time in reading it and test what you read

This book does a good job at giving an overview of just about every option in the new version of IIS.

This is another one of those printed versions of on-line help books that don't provide any context or, as the title purports, consulting.