Professional Microsoft IIS 8

Introduction

Windows Server 2012 is the latest incarnation of Microsoft's successful server platform. Included is a new version of IIS, now in its eighth incarnation.

IIS 8.0 isn't the revolutionary change in architecture that IIS 7.0 was. However it offers much new functionality, absorbing many of the standalone add-on updates available since IIS 7.0 was released, as well presenting administrators with new security, scalability, and administrative features.

For readers familiar with IIS 7.0, this book has substantial sections devoted to popular add-ons now baked into the product, such as the Application Request Routing (ARR) and URL Rewrite modules, as well as coverage of new features, such as Central Certificate Store and Server Name Indication support.

For readers new to IIS, this book offers complete coverage of IIS fundamentals: the configuration model, delegated administration, extensibility options, and real-time diagnostic and troubleshooting features that have been carried over from IIS 7.0.

Both new and previous users of IIS can benefit from a book covering the whole deployment lifecycle: architecture, installation, configuration, and operations management. Like its predecessor, this book continues to stress both GUI options as well as provide alternative, automated management through comprehensive AppCmd and PowerShell examples.

The authors have focused on capturing the very best of the new features in IIS 8.0 and how you can take advantage of them. The writing styles ...