2. Introduction to IIS 7.0

This guide leads the reader through the process of planning an IIS 7.0 infrastructure. The first steps focus on determining requirements for the proposed infrastructure as well as introducing decisions that the reader might make. By addressing issues such as resource, application, and hosting requirements, the reader can determine the capacity required from the proposed hosting infrastructure.

This guide takes an application-centric approach to planning IIS: it focuses first and foremost on the applications to be hosted by IIS and their requirements and then applies these applications to specific IIS instances. Finally, it scales the hardware appropriately for each IIS instance.

The later steps in this guide shift the ...

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