Internet Information Services (IIS) 6 Resource Kit (Pro-Resource Kit) [Paperback]

The Microsoft IIS Team (Author)

Book Description

Series: Pro-Resource Kit | Publication Date: October 1, 2003

Deploy and support IIS 6.0, which is included with Microsoft Windows Server 2003, with expertise direct from the Microsoft IIS product team. This official RESOURCE KIT packs 1200+ pages of in-depth deployment, operations, and technical information, including step-by-step instructions for common administrative tasks. Get critical details and guidance on security enhancements, the new IIS 6.0 architecture, migration strategies, performance tuning, logging, and troubleshooting—along with timesaving tools, IIS 6.0 product documentation, and a searchable eBook on CD. You get all the resources you need to help maximize the security, reliability, manageability, and performance of your Web server—while reducing system administration costs.

Get in-depth guidance—straight from the Microsoft IIS team on how to:

• Upgrade or migrate existing IIS solutions to IIS 6.0
• Migrate Apache Web sites—migration tool included on CD
• Deploy Microsoft ASP.NET applications on IIS 6.0
• Configure and manage IIS security services
• Manage the IIS 6.0 metabase using built-in GUI-based and command-line utilities
• Run IIS 6.0 as a platform for Web applications
• Streamline programmatic administration with the scripts and tools on CD
• Apply best practices for improving server availability and scalability, including managing large-scale deployments
• Optimize IIS performance with effective monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting procedures
• Resource Kit tools plus Windows Server 2003 evaluation software inside
• Use IIS 6.0 Resource Kit tools to query log files, manage security features, run stress tests, migrate servers, troubleshoot problems, and more.

The CD includes the following tools:

• Apache to IIS 6.0 Migration Tool
• CustomAuth
• IISCertDeploy.vbs
• IIS Host Helper Services
• IIS 6.0 Migration Tool
• IISState
• Log Parser
• Metabase Explorer
• Permissions Verifier
• RemapUrl
• SelfSSL
• TinyGet
• Web Capacity Analysis Tool

WFetchCD also features:

• 180-day evaluation version of Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
• IIS 6.0 Help system
• Windows Registry Reference
• Fully searchable eBook of this complete RESOURCE KIT

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1264 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (October 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735614202
• ISBN-13: 978-0735614208
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,293,177 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars IIS 6.0 Resource Kit for Dummies?, August 29, 2004

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Rennie Petersen (Copenhagen, Denmark) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Internet Information Services (IIS) 6 Resource Kit (Pro-Resource Kit) (Paperback)

My biggest objection to this book is the tone used by the authors in talking to the reader. Presumably this is a book that will be bought and used by professional persons with an above-average intelligence, but the feeling I get when reading many passages in this book is that the authors are talking down to someone who they don't expect to be very bright.

There is a lot of repetition and a lot of trying to describe something that is intrinsically complicated in a way to try to make it sound simpler than it is. This is presumably done because the authors are afraid that the reader will otherwise not be able to follow the descriptions at all.

Another thing that I don't like about this book is that references from one place in the book to another place do not use page numbers. Here's a typical example:

'For more information about how to back up the Web server, see "Back Up and Restore the Web Server to a File or Tape" in "IIS Deployment Procedures" in this book.'

Because there isn't any page number reference you have to go to the table of contents and find "IIS Deployment Procedures" (which is an appendix) and then scan the contents of that appendix for "Back Up and Restore the Web Server to a File or Tape", and then you find the page number.

Another problem is that you can't be 100% sure that what it says in this book is correct. I haven't found all that many errors, but I have found a few.

For example, on page 10 it says, "When IIS is installed, it is locked down by default so that it can serve only static content." This is not true, at least not for Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, which has ASP support enabled by default.

Another example: On page 22 it says, "When you complete installation of Windows Server 2003, Manage Your Server automatically starts." This is not true, at least not for Windows Server 2003, Web Edition.

Two CD-ROM's are included with the book. One CD contains an evaluation version of Windows Server 2003. The other CD contains several searchable online versions of IIS documents and Help files, and 14 IIS tools. Incidentally, you don't need to buy this book to obtain the tools, as they are also available for download on Microsoft's web site.

This book contains a huge amount of very detailed information about IIS 6, and if you really need this information then this book is "the only show in town". My advice though, is to consider carefully if you really need all this advanced information, or whether you can perhaps get along with one or two of the less comprehensive books about IIS 6.

Rennie Petersen

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars If you are technical/webmaster, this book is not for you., August 19, 2005

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J. Kinyon "Server Tech Guy" (PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Internet Information Services (IIS) 6 Resource Kit (Pro-Resource Kit) (Paperback)

This book is great for those who are managers and won't ever actually do any real programming/web mastering or do anything but just want to know how IIS operates, or just want to claim you read a book on IIS. If you are a webmaster or want to learn about IIS specifics, you've come to the wrong place, this book is not for you.

If you are looking for a how to guide, this book is painfully underdeveloped. The authors are great for saying, if you want more information, use the IIS help and not discuss anything in great details. Most of the book mentions different aspects of the IIS without really delving into the details of the options. Parts on setting up mutliple websites is limited to 2 pages without telling you how to specifically do it. Instead they mention the various options and pros and cons for the different options. Beyond this, they say absolutely nothing. This is a fantastic no help book and is one of the worst books written from Microsoft press. Very disappointing.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Committee book, November 18, 2006

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Craig Bolon "persistentreader" (Massachusetts, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Internet Information Services (IIS) 6 Resource Kit (Pro-Resource Kit) (Paperback)

Microsoft's development groups appear not to talk to one another, and for Internet Information Server that longstanding bad habit is a critical problem. IIS intersects systems, programming tools and applications (Windows Server 2003, Visual Studio and Internet Explorer). The Resource Kit is written from a systems perspective and has little to say about the other main actors. With the introduction of Visual Studio 2005, release 2.0 of the .NET framework, Small Business Server R2 and most recently Vista the material is badly outdated.

[...] As with other items written by Microsoft marketing staff, it is heavy on coverage, light on technical information and hard to use. Unfortunately IIS is a niche topic and so far has not attracted a skilled and knowledgeable writer who can integrate the several technologies and perspectives needed to explain it.