Microsoft IIS 5 Administration

Microsoft" Internet Information Services (IIS) is a powerful, feature-rich Web server that you can use to deploy and administer Enterprise-level Web sites and applications. With Microsoft"' IIS 5 Administration, you will unlock the full potential of IIS and better your own administration skills. This book provides the solutions that IIS administrators need to successfully and reliably run IIS 5. Use This Book To Help You...

• Understand Web site administration with IIS 5
  
• Use the powerful security features of IIS 5
  
• Tune your Web server for optimal performance
  
• Administer your site from remote locations
  
• Automate common tasks with custom scripting
  
• Enhance performance with replication and clustering techniques
  
• Administer SMTP, NNTP, and FTP services
  
• Provide ASP components to enable more efficient Internet applications
  

Contents

Introduction ..... 1

Part I: Management

1: Internet Information Server 5.0 Features ..... 5

2: Web Site Management ..... 13

Part II: Administration

3: Web and FTP Site Administration ..... 39

4: Administering the SMTP and NNTP Services ..... 63

5: WebDAV Publishing ..... 103

6: Name Resolution ..... 117

7: Configuring Applications ..... 131

8: Security ..... 147

9: Custom Error Messages ..... 193

10: Site Activity Logging ..... 201

11: Performance Tuning ..... 213

12: Replication and Clustering ..... 233

13: Administration Scripts ..... 249

14: Administering TIS Programmatically ..... 265

15: Remote Administration ..... 277

Part III: Application Development

16: Active Server Pages ..... 293

17: Installable ASP Components ..... 327

A: Administrator's Reference ..... 357

B: Administration Object Reference ..... 391

C: ADSI Reference ..... 447

D: Script Reference ..... 461

E: Programmatic Administration Examples ..... 473

Index ..... 483