3.1. Locating website configuration settings
I want you to remember something I mentioned back in chapter 1: in most cases a web server is very much like a file server serving web pages like files to a network client across the internet. The client uses a browser to display and run those files like a useful application.
Don’t let the overly misused term website confuse you when working with IIS. In IIS a website has two parts: the website container for configuration settings such as security and reliability (configured in the IIS manager) and the actual web pages themselves on the filesystem, whether written by you or a development team.
As a web administrator you’ll often create websites and web applications in the IIS Manager or PowerShell. ...
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