Chapter 5. Running IIS Applications

Not long ago, when Web sites were primarily static Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) pages, the most serious problems facing Web administrators were configuring multiple sites on the same server and keeping the server running without failure. With the growing importance of Web servers not just on the Internet but also everywhere within the organization, different issues have emerged. Web servers have to do more—and not just with respect to handling and responding to requests. Web servers must provide services, host applications, and serve dynamic content; but more services and functions can’t come at a sacrifice to performance, availability, or reliability. Web servers have to do more with less.

To address the ...

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