Microsoft IIS 6 Delta Guide [Paperback]

Don Jones (Author), Martin C. Brown (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 31, 2003 | ISBN-10: 0672325756 | ISBN-13: 978-0672325755 | Edition: 1

Microsoft¿s Internet Information Server 6 is an Internet server program that works with the Windows Server 2003 operating system. IIS is Microsoft¿s answer in the Internet server market to Apache, the open source and #1 Internet server in use. In the US 9.7 million servers run IIS (28 percent of the market) powering 5.3 million .com domains. Delivered as a fee add-on for the Windows 2003 Server, IIS 6 is a major upgrade from version 5 with increased security, better .NET programming integration, and stronger abilities to work with non-Microsoft languages and servers. Companies using IIS Server as part of their backend systems include: Krispy Kreme, AT&T, Home Shopping Network, Rolling Stone.com, plus many others.

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From the Back Cover

Microsoft's Internet Information Server 6 is an Internet server program that works with the Windows Server 2003 operating system. IIS is Microsoft's answer in the Internet server market to Apache, the open source and #1 Internet server in use. In the US 9.7 million servers run IIS (28 percent of the market) powering 5.3 million .com domains. Delivered as a fee add-on for the Windows 2003 Server, IIS 6 is a major upgrade from version 5 with increased security, better .NET programming integration, and stronger abilities to work with non-Microsoft languages and servers. Companies using IIS Server as part of their backend systems include: Krispy Kreme, AT&T, Home Shopping Network, Rolling Stone, plus many others.

About the Author

Martin C. Brown is a former IT director with experience in cross-platform integration. A keen developer, he has produced dynamic sites for blue-chip customers, including HP and Oracle, and is the technical director of Foodware.net. Now a freelance writer and consultant, MC, as he is better known, works closely with Microsoft as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), is the LAMP technologies editor for LinuxWorld magazine, has regular article spots on ServerWatch.com and IBM DeveloperWorks, is a core member of the AnswerSquad.com team, and has written books such as XML Processing with Perl, Python, and PHP and portions of Apache 2.0: The Complete Reference. MC can be contacted at [e-mail], or through his Web site at http://www.mcslp.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Sams; 1 edition (October 31, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672325756
• ISBN-13: 978-0672325755
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,710,176 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, to the point guide for understanding IIS 6.0, August 7, 2004

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A. Kaushal (GAITHERSBURG, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft IIS 6 Delta Guide (Paperback)

If you want to learn IIS 6.0 architect and how it differ from IIS 5.0 in detail than this is the book for you. It's very concise (but does not miss any details), and to-the-point presented in very interesting manner that you may want to read it full in one sitting and amazingly you can. Positives are:

Cheap, light, handy, almost 350 pages, presented very clearly and concisely. Covers all or more then all details about IIS 6.0 that any windows 2003 administrator would need to know.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but no homerun, February 25, 2004

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Mike "Mike" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft IIS 6 Delta Guide (Paperback)

The intention of the Delta Guide series is to present a concise skill upgrade guide for experience systems administrators and architects without burdening them with information that they already know from experience and past reading.

This installment in the series is a decent and concise guide to IIS 6.0. It shines when going over the security differences between IIS 6.0 and 5.0/4.0 and when explaining the new processing model used in IIS 6.0.

My major complaint is that the book breaks its own rules. Too often the author provides information on technical aspects of IIS that existed in older versions of the product that an IIS admin will likely know. He could have used this space to elaborate on products changes instead of skimping on the details and using space constraints as the excuse.

Most of the information presented in this book is widely available on the Internet, but this book serves as a handy guide to IIS 6.0. Upon reading it and applying your existing experience you should be conversant in the new technologies and benefits of this exciting change in Microsoft's approach to web servers. But be aware that the book's necessary lack of depth will eventually lead you to seek out more comprehensive works.