Consulting & Traning Group

Windows Server® 2008 R2 Web Application Platform

Lesson 1:  Overview of Changes in IIS 7.5

After completing this lesson, attendees will have learned the answers to the following questions:

• What are the major changes between IIS 7.0 and IIS 7.5?
• What are some benefits of integrated FTP and WebDAV?
• What is the Administration Pack Extension, and how do I use it?
• What is the Configuration Editor?
• What is the benefit of PowerShell integration?
• How can I use ASP.NET on Server Core?
• What does the Best Practices Analyzer do?
• What is Application Pool Isolation?
• What enhancements have been made to Configuration, Tracing and Logging?
• Can I log more FTP information?
• How can I trace problems with FastCGI applications?

Lesson 2:  Installing IIS 7.5

After completing this lesson, attendees will have learned the answers to the following questions:

• How do I install IIS on the Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 R2?
• How do I install IIS on a Server Core Installation?

Lesson 3:  Local and Remote Management Tools

After completing this lesson, attendees will have learned the answers to the following questions:

• What is Server Manager?
• What is IIS Manager?
• What is Windows PowerShell? How can I use it with IIS?
• Can I manage Web servers remotely? How do I configure a server for remote management?

Lesson 4:  Windows PowerShell and IIS 7.5

After completing this lesson, attendees will have learned the answers to the following questions:

• What can I do with PowerShell?
• What is the PowerShell provider?
• What kinds of cmdlets are provided for IIS?
• How can I find out about the IIS cmdlets?

Lesson 5:  Best Practices Analyzer for IIS

After completing this lesson, attendees will have learned the answers to the following questions:

• What is BPA?
• What kinds of things does BPA examine?
• How do I run BPA and view the results?

Lesson 6:  Web Deployment Tool

After completing this lesson, attendees will have learned the answers to the following questions:

• What is Web Deployment Tool?
• How does it integrate with deployment?
• How do I deploy a WDT package?

Prerequisites

• Attendees should have previous experience managing Microsoft® Windows Server and client operating systems
• Familiarity with Windows Server 2008