First Look: Getting Started with Internet Information Services in Windows Server 2008 Hands-On Lab

Experience with Windows Server 2000 and/or Windows Server 2003

MCSA/MCSA Certification or equivalent knowledge.

Experience managing Internet Information Services 6.0.

Manage and modify Websites and virtual directories in IIS 7.0

Use command-line and administrative tools to perform various tasks on your Web server

Create and modify application pools

Create a shared Web farm

Monitor your Web server through local and remote tools

Stop a Website using Appcmd

Explore the Configuration of an Existing Website

Create a Virtual Directory

Start a Website using Appcmd

Display Website Information with Content View

Create a new Application pool using the Command-line

Change an Application Pool assigned to a Website

Start and Stop Application Pools

Recycle Application Pools

View Applications in an Application Pool

View Information about Worker Processes and Application Pool Settings

Back up the current ApplicationHost.config

Verify backup of ApplicationHost.config File

Restore ApplicationHost.config file

Create a user account for accessing the UNC share

Create the UNC shares for central configuration and content

Give permissions to the configuser Account for the UNC shares that will host the central configuration file and content

Create Logon Batch Configuration for User Accounts

Enable Shared Configuration

Test the Shared Configuration File

Configure Management Service Page

Configure Feature Delegation

Enable IIS Users and Create a User

Delegate Control of the Woodgrove Bank Intranet Website