Windows Server® 2008 Administrator’s Companion

Chapter 31. Internet Information Services

• Architecture

• Installing IIS

• Administration Tools

• Administrative Tasks

• Understanding Delegation and Permissions

• Remote Administration

• Installing and Managing the FTP Publishing Service

• Summary

Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 has changed in numerous ways since preceding versions. While many of these changes may seem superficial at first glance, some fundamental changes to the architecture of the Web server role in Windows Server 2008 are important for you to understand. You can customize IIS 7.0 by adding and removing modules to meet the unique requirements of your organization. For example, there are modules for compressing data when fulfilling client requests and there are different modules for caching ...