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Microsoft 10972 - Administering the Web Server (IIS) Role of Windows Server
Length Price Version
5 days $4290.00 (inc GST) B

Overview
This course provides students with the fundamental knowledge and skills to configure and manage Internet Information
Services.
This course is intended to help provide pre-requisite skills supporting a broad range of Internet web applications, security,
and knowledge to help support other products that use IIS such as Exchange and SharePoint.
In keeping with that goal, this course will not focus on any particular web application or development practice.

Skills Gained
After completing this course, students will be able to:

Install IIS
Configure the default web site
Configure and manage application pools
Create additional web sites
Configure web sites and application support
Secure web sites and applications
Secure web site data transmission
Manage certificates in the Centralized Certificate Store
Configure remote administration
Implement FTP
Monitor IIS
Backup and restore IIS
Build load-balanced web farms

Key Topics
Module 1: Overview and Installing Internet Information Services
In this module students will learn about the network infrastructure planning and common concerns with implementing a web server. Students will perform
an installation of IIS and verify the working web server by testing the default created website.

Lessons

Understanding a Web Server infrastructure

Installing Internet Information Services

Lab : Installing Internet Information Services

Perform a default installation of Internet Information Services

Verify and test the installation of a default installation of Internet Information Services
Describe the network infrastructure requirements for IIS.
Explain the communication process between a web server and a browser.
Perform a default installation of Internet Information Services.
Verify and configure the Windows Firewall for use with IIS.
Test a website by using a browser.
Module 2: Configuring The Default Website
In this module students will learn to plan and implement network requirements for a public website. Students will configure DNS records to support access
to internal and public websites and create virtual directories and application folders for additional website content.

Lessons

Examining the Default Website using IIS Manager

Examining the Default IIS File Structure
Configuring DNS records for a website
Creating virtual directories and Applications

Lab : Configuring the Default website for public access

Configure DNS records for both the internal and public website accessic website access
Verify and test the internal and public website access using the DNS FQDN

Lab : Creating Virtual Directories and Applications

Create additional content location in the current website

Describe the default IIS folder structure to support a website.
Create a web page for site testing and verification.
Install additional required Role services to support a web application.
Plan the network and DNS records for internal and public website access.
Configure DNS records for an internal and public website.
Create normal folders, virtual directories and applications in a website for additional content.
Verify the new working website and content.

Module 3: Configuring and Managing Application Pools

In this module students will learn the benefits to the application pool architecture. Students will create and configure application pools to support additional
applications and configure application pool recycle settings. Students will perform recycle events and examine the event logs for recycle events.

Lessons

Defining the Application Pool Architecture

Creating and Managing Application Pools
Configuring Application Pool Recycling

Lab : Configuring and Managing Application Pools

Create and configure additional application pools

Lab : Configuring Application Pool Recycling

Configure and test application pool recycle settings

Module 4: Creating additional websites

In this module students will learn how to examine and create new websites using unique bindings to avoid naming conflicts. Students will examine existing
sites to determine and resolve binding conflicts then create new websites by using unique bindings.

Lessons

Understanding Configurations for Multiple Websites

Configuring Website Bindings
Creating and Starting Websites

Lab : Examining Existing Websites for Binding Conflicts

Document basic website settings

Lab : Creating New Websites

Configure and test new websites

Module 5: Configuring Website and Web application support

In this module students will learn to support additional application requriements including common configuration settings, platform support from the built-
in web server, and include additional application support by using the Web Platform Installer.

Lessons

Configuring Common features

Adding support for web applications

Lab : Configuring Common Features

Configure directory browsing, content compression and default documents for the Products website

Lab : Configuring Support for Web Applications

Configuring ASP.NET settings

Module 6: Securing Websites and applications

In this module students will learn to secure internal and public websites for users and groups by using the built-in Windows and Basic authentication.
Students will configure file system permissions for specific users and groups and secure a website using URL Authorization Rules.

Lessons

Understanding IIS Authentication and Authorization

Configuring Authentication and Authorization
Configuring URL Authorization Rules

Lab : Configuring Authentication and Access

Installing and configuring anonymous authentication, Windows authentication, and basic authentication
Configure folder permissions for a website

Lab : Configuring URL Authorization Rules

Installing and configuring URL authorization rules

Module 7: Securing Website Data Transmission

In this module students will protect customer data using websites configured for SSL. Students will install and configure PKI certificates on a web server,
create secured bindings, and verify that a website data transmissions are secured. Lessons

Understanding Certificates and SSL

Creating and Managing Web Server Certificates
Configuring HTTPS Bindings

Lab : Creating and Managing Web Server Certificates

Create, export, and import a self-signed certificate

Lab : Adding a Certificate to a Website

Add HTTPS bindings to websites

Module 8: Managing Certificates in the Centralized Certificate Store

In this module students will install and configure the IIS 8.5 Central Certificate Store to enable centralized and improved certificate management, Students
will configure a website to use a secured binding with the Central Certificate Store. Lessons

Understanding the Central Certificate Store

Installing and configuring the Central Certificate Store

Lab : Installing and Configuring the Central Certificate Store

Configuring websites to use the Centralized Certificate Store

Module 9: Configuring Remote Administration

In this module students will configure secured remote management of web servers and websites. Create and configure permissions for site level
administrators and developers, and verify web server and website management.

Lessons

Installing and Configuring the Management Service

Connecting to remote web servers and websites
Delegating Management Access

Lab : Installing and Configuring the Management Service

Install and configure the management service

Lab : Connecting to remote web servers and websites

Connect and manage a remote web server and website

Lab : Delegating Management Permissions

Creating and managing IIS manager users

Module 10: Implementing FTP

In this module students will learn configure a secured FTP site for users to store and retrieve files. Student will configure authentication, authorization and
the FTP storage location. Students will retrieve and files using the native Windows FTP command.

Lessons

Planning for FTP

Implementing a FTP site
Uploading and Downloading by using FTP

Lab : Installing and Configuring FTP site

Install and configure a FTP site

Module 11: Monitoring IIS

In this module students will learn to monitor IIS log files and performance counters using Log Parser and PerfMon. Students will identify common issues
related to performance and attacks recorded in the log files.

Lessons

Monitoring IIS logs with Log Parser

Lab : Monitoring IIS Logs

Configuring and querying log files

Lab : Analyzing Performance Counters

Collecting and evaluating performance data

Module 12: Backing up and Restoring IIS

In this module students will learn to backup and recover form a website or web server failure. Students will learn the importance of using high available
techniques to avoid the recovery process.

Lessons

Understanding IIS Backup and Recovery Components

Backing Up and Recovering a Website

Lab : Backing Up and Recovering Configuration History

Back up and recover configuration history

Module 13: Building Load-Balanced Web Farms

In this module students will learn to increase reliability and performance of website by creating a web farm. Students will improve the management and
update capabilities of the websites by using shared content in both a network share and DFS-R. Student will improve web server and website
management by using Shared Configurations.

Lessons

Understanding load-balancing Mechanisms

Building a Load-Balanced Web Farm using ARR
Sharing content to a Web Farm using a network share
Sharing content to a Web Farm using DFS-R
Sharing IIS Configurations in a Web Farm

Lab : Building a Load-Balanced Web Farm using ARR

Configuring and testing a web farm

Lab : Sharing content to a Web Farm using a network share

Configuring a web farm to use content from a shared folder

Lab : Sharing content to a Web Farm using DFS-R

Installing and Configuring DFS-R

Lab : Sharing IIS Configurations in a Web Farm

Configuring shared configurations

Installing a new component in a shared configuration

Target Audience
This course is intended for IT Professionals already experienced in general Windows Server and Windows Client administration. No prior experience with
any version of Internet Information Services is assumed.

We can also deliver and customise this training course for larger groups – saving your organisation time, money and resources. For
more information, please contact us on 1800 853 276.

Prerequisites
In addition to their professional experience, students who attend this training should already have the following technical knowledge:

Experience with Windows networking technologies and implementation.

Experience with Windows Server administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
Experience with Windows Client administration, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

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