Professional Microsoft IIS 8

Who This Book Is For

This book is aimed at IIS administrators (or those who need to ramp up quickly in anticipation of having to administer IIS). What differentiates this book is that it doesn't just focus on features and how to configure them using a GUI administrative tool. Instead, we explain how features work (for example, how Kerberos authentication actually works under the covers) so that you can better troubleshoot issues when something goes wrong.

Additionally, since most administrators need to be able to automate common procedures, we have included specific chapters on programmatic administration and command-line tools as well as code snippets (with a focus on using AppCmd.exe and PowerShell) throughout the book.

This book covers features that many other IIS books don't touch (such as high availability and web farm scenarios, or extending IIS) and has a dedicated chapter on troubleshooting and diagnostics.

Real-life IIS administration is about people, processes, and technology. Although a technical book can't teach you much about hiring the right people, this book doesn't focus solely on technology. Operations management and monitoring (key components of good processes) are also addressed.

Overall, we think that this book provides comprehensive coverage of the real-life challenges facing IIS administrators: getting up to speed on the new features of a product, understanding how the product works under the covers, and being able to operate and manage the product effectively ...