Administration Tools
Windows Server 2003 contains a variety of tools for administering the four core IIS 6 services just discussed. The next several sections describe the tools for administering these services.
Internet Information Services
Internet Information Services (IIS), a stand-alone snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console (MMC), is the primary tool used for administering IIS 6 on Windows Server 2003–based networks; therefore, it’s the primary tool used for IIS 6 administration in this chapter and the next.
The basic installation of IIS includes the common files needed by IIS, documentation, Microsoft FrontPage server extensions, the IIS snap-in, the SMTP service, and the World Wide Web service. To modify the settings of the installed ...
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