Frequently Asked Questions

What is this course about? This course provides the essential knowledge required to manage Microsoft's IIS 6 enterprise Web server. You build a highly secure environment and explore the many reliability, security and scalability features of the platform. These include application pools, access control, authentication, certificates, encryption and Network Load Balancing clusters. You configure related services such as index, SMTP, NNTP, POP3, terminal and media services. What is IIS 6? Microsoft's Internet Information Services version 6 provides a reliable Web server that is fast, scalable, secure and equipped to serve the needs of enterprise customers, ISPs, ISVs and organisations of all sizes. Onboard health monitoring and the ability to recycle stalled processes offer sophistication essential for a robust Web server. IIS 6 is a Web server plus a suite of Internet services providing the ability to deploy efficient, high-performance, secure, scalable enterprise Web sites. What background knowledge should I have? Familiarity with a Windows operating system and a general understanding of the Internet are assumed. Who will benefit from this course? This course provides the knowledge and skills essential for IIS 6 users, including Web developers and administrators working with the Windows Server 2003 Internet platform. This course is also valuable for project managers, security specialists and consultants. To what extent does this course cover security issues? Specific chapters of this course cover Web server security including access control, authentication, certificates and encryption. Many chapters cover security aspects of other services such as FTP, mail, terminal services, log files, and more. Since Microsoft's focus in developing this product was to enhance the security architecture and features, security issues impact most of this course. How much time is spent on each topic? Content Hours Configuring IIS 6 4.0 Building a reliable Web site 5.5 Implementing complementary services 4.5 Unleashing unique hosting capabilities 3.0 Publishing Web content 2.5 Load balancing and clustering 2.5 Fortifying Web server security 6.0 Protecting Web servers with the ISA firewall 1.5 Times, including the workshops, are estimates; exact times may vary according to the needs of each class. What hands-on exercises will I perform? The hands-on exercises provide you with the skills required to manage secure enterprise Web servers. You gain practical experience utilising the tools and technologies covered in the course. Exercises include: Installing and administering Web sites and the metabase with the Internet Services Manager Implementing failure protection Exploiting advanced security features Securing a Web site with certificates, authentication and encryption Creating a full-featured platform with mail, media and index-server search services Publishing with FTP and WebDAV Creating virtual Web servers, configuring DNS Creating Web farms, gardens with network load balancing clusters and replication What specific software is used in the course? Software components used in the course include index services, SMTP, POP3, NNTP, media services, terminal services, certificate services and DNS server. You also use Dreamweaver MX and Web Trends. Why should I take this course instead of one offered by Microsoft? Learning Tree is dedicated to helping accelerate the careers of our clients by providing them with world-class technology and management training. Our independence from Microsoft (and any other vendor) allows us to give an unbiased view of what works and what does not. This course is objective in its approach, having been developed independently from Microsoft by industry experts who bring their real-world experience to the classroom. How does this course relate to other Learning Tree courses? Learning Tree offers other courses that you may be interested in: 506, Programming Scalable Web Applications with .NET and ASP.NET AJAX provides experience in building ASP.NET applications using Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET development environment. 548, Hands-On Dreamweaver®: Building Robust Web Applications offers experience in creating dynamic and interactive Web sites using the Web development aspects of Macromedia Dreamweaver. 542, XML: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction provides information on creating well-formed XML documents, validating them with DTDs, and processing the content of an XML document to insert data into and retrieve data from a relational database. 468, System and Network Security: A Comprehensive Introduction gives a detailed introduction to analyzing the security risks to your computer and network systems. It provides the fundamentals necessary to understand the security issues of the modern IT world. Learning Tree also offers several courses on Windows Server 2003, including: 595, Windows Server® 2003: A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction  596, Windows Server® 2003 Active Directory®: Hands-On  597, Deploying and Managing a Windows Server® 2003 Environment: Hands-On  598, Troubleshooting Windows® Server 2003 Environments  599, Securing Windows Server® 2003: Hands-On

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