Free IIS7 Online Training
A few months ago the IIS team did a quick tour of Europe, speaking in various cities and countries in an all-day IIS conference specifically geared toward training people on IIS7. Luckily, the good people of Poland decided to record and publish the training for everyone to use. Check out the sessions below to watch Brett Hill and Isaac Roybal present IIS7. Here is a list of all the sessions: http://www.microsoft.com/emea/itsshowtime/result_search.aspx?event=69&x=13&y=2
IIS 7 Web Server Platform- Windows Server “Longhorn”
Microsoft’s Next Generation Web Server: What’s New in IIS 7 for IT Pros
Isaac Roybal, Product Manager, Windows Server, Microsoft Corporation
This overview session will highlight the key points of interests for IT Pros in Internet Information Services version 7. IIS7 modularity increases security by allowing a reduced installation footprint and creation of specialized, streamlined servers. Application Pools are now “sandboxed” by default. You’ll see how IIS7 eases administration with a new IIS Manage UI, delegated administration, and new tools for automating administrative tasks. Applications run more reliably as they are easier to troubleshoot with built in tracing and diagnostics. Finally, multiple servers can use a single configuration file with the shared configuration feature for web farms.
IIS7 Administration: The New IIS Manager
Brett Hill, IIS Sr. Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
IIS7 Administration centers around the new task-oriented IIS Manager. This redesigned administration tool has many major new capabilities including the ability to delegate features, edit .NET configuration and has significantly improved performance when managing many sites. The IIS Manager itself is an extensible, modular application that administrators can customize and developers can extend. In this presentation we’ll explore how use and control the IIS Manager with a special focus on Delegated Administration. In addition, we’ll explore how to use Granular Locking to fine tune your delegated settings beyond those available in the UI.
IIS7 Administration: Shared Configuration, Remote Control, and Automated Tools
Isaac Roybal, Product Manager, Windows Server, Microsoft Corporation
For web farms, IIS7 has a powerful new feature – Shared Configuration. This allows you to configure multiple servers to share a single configuration file. The benefits are clear - all web servers have identical configuration so there’s no need to do configuration replication.
In addition, IIS Manager has built in remote administration capabilities. Using https between the IIS Manager and the remote server, this feature includes the ability to define trusted users in IIS Manager and have identities securely stored in the IIS configuration, Windows SAM or AD, or a .NET provider.
Of course, many organizations need to automate administration tasks. APPCMD is the new powerful, general purpose command line utility for controlling configuration, state for site and pools, and querying status. WMI has been improved specifically for IIS management, and there’s a new managed code API Microsoft.Web.Adminsitrationis that makes it easy for developers use .NET to write IIS management tools. PowerShell can use the managed API or WMI, giving you a superior command line and scripting environment for managing your servers.
IIS 7 Security: Less Exposure, Greater Control
Brett Hill, IIS Sr. Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation
IIS7 security improvements can be found in many areas. In addition to the ability to control the server footprint, security is improved with the new URLFiltering and URLAuthorization capabilities. Also, you can now use Forms authentication with any content while leveraging .NET role and membership providers. In addition, there are key changes in the user principles and groups used by IIS7 that will make the server both easier to manage and more secure. Finally, application pool sandboxing helps to improve the security boundary between application pools.
IIS 7 Troubleshooting: Failed Request Tracing
Isaac Roybal, Product Manager, Windows Server, Microsoft Corporation
One of the most exciting features in IIS 7 for administrators is the new built-in failed request tracing capabilities. You can configure IIS 7 to automatically create a detailed trace log of events that occurred in the request processing pipeline when specific error codes are seen and/or if a request takes more than N seconds to complete. This is configurable at the server, site, application, or file level, and can be configured in the UI or with a command line tool. The resulting trace log is ideal for identifying bottlenecks. Like everything in IIS 7, it is extensible and can be customized with new events.