Microsoft Solution for Windowsbased Hosting

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Microsoft Solution for Windows-based Hosting

• Yianni Touliatos
• Implement.com

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Section Overview

• Overview of the Windows-based Hosting solution
• Benefits of Windows-based Hosting
• Windows-based Hosting components

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Microsoft Solutions for Service Providers
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How These Applications Fit into the Hosting
Architecture
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How Windows-based Hosting Improves the Customer
Experience

• Monitoring and Reporting
• Monitor server or service failure
• Mine data
• Create customer reports

• Server Purposing
• Build a new server
• Repurpose existing servers

• Update Management
• Provide security alerts
• Apply security updates
• Reconfigure existing servers

• Centralized Management
• Use Group Policies
• Improve and scale the administration of
  multiple servers

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Windows-based Hosting Solution Architecture
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Deploy Web Hosting Components

• Install Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition
• Use the scripts provided with Windows-based
  Hosting version 3.0
• Install Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0,
  File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Active Server
  Pages (ASP), ASP.NET, and FrontPage Server
  Extensions
• Create an isolated FTP site
• Create WebSites share and assign appropriate
  NTFS permissions

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Overview of Provisioning Using the Windows-based
Hosting Solution
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What We Just Saw

• Set up a Windows machine for Windows-based
  hosting
• Active Directory structure
• Scripted installation and configuration of IIS
• DNS entries
• Provisioned a user account
• Set up Web site and FTP site
• Used a sample user interface
• Built on top of provisioning scripts
• Scripts available today as part of the solution
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APPENDIX
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Solution Overview
A Dedicated Sales and Solutions (Product) team at
Microsoft that delivers Microsoft technology and
programs in a hosted infrastructure, including

• Technical training
• Extensive testing and scenario simulation of
  Windows-based technologies
• Marketing programs
• Dedicated premier support staff and two outside
  consulting companies for Windows-based Hosting
  delivery (implement.com, EQuest) and solution
  testing and training
• Community groups
• Joint selling programs
• Service Provider Licensing Agreement (SPLA)

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Web Hosting Benefits
 
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Web Hosting Scenarios
The scenarios below describe the most likely
configurations for service providers

• Shared Web Hosting
• The host running IIS is shared by multiple
  customers and Active Directory can be used to
  manage the server and the users. IIS deployments
  are configured to use Windows Authentication
  mode. When IIS is integrated with Active
  Directory in this way, only users with a valid
  Active Directory account can connect. Shared Web
  hosting can also be used without Active
  Directory.
• Discount Dedicated Hosting
• The host running IIS is dedicated to the
  exclusive use of one customer and there is no
  Active Directory management of the server or
  users.
• Managed Dedicated Hosting
• The host running IIS is dedicated to the
  exclusive use of one customer and Active
  Directory may be used by the service provider to
  manage the server, but not the users.
• Application Hosting
• The service provider offers either shared or
  dedicated Web hosting services and uses Active
  Directory to manage the server and users. The Web
  sites hosted in IIS will often be integrated with
  other applications. IIS deployments are
  configured to use Windows Authentication mode
  because Active Directory is used to manage both
  the server and the users.

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Web Hosting Overview

• The solution offers specific guidance for hosting
  Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0
  and ASP.NET, which results in
• Easier deployment and configuration.
• Reduced operational costs.
• Increased scalability, functionality, and
  security.
• Web Hosting enables you to offer customers a
  variety of hosted Web services, including
• ASP.NET-based applications.
• Basic dedicated mail.
• Network Attached Storage (NAS) coverage.

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Advantages of Microsoft Solution for
Windows-based Hosting

• Scalability
• Ease of use
• Automated deployment
• Scripted administration
• Monitoring
• Security using isolation in a shared hosting
  environment
• IIS worker process isolation
• Microsoft FrontPage site isolation
• Isolated File Transfer Protocol (FTP)