MS IIS Overview and Installation Issues

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MS IIS Overview and Installation Issues

• Bing Shi
• June 3, 2000

COSC 573 Paper presentation
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What is IIS?

• IIS (Internet Information Server) is a group of
  Internet servers for Microsoft's Windows and
  Windows 2000 Server operating systems.
• IIS is Microsoft's bid to dominate the Internet
  server market.
• IIS 4.0 is included in the new Windows NT Option
  Pack, which is available from Microsoft
  Value-Added Resellers (VARs) everywhere.

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What is Option Pack

• NT 4.0 Option Pack is a group of software added
  to Windows NT. It includes
• Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
• Microsoft Management Console 1.0.
• Microsoft Index Server 2.0.
• Microsoft Transaction Server 2.0 (MTS).
• Microsoft Site Server Express 2.0.
• Microsoft Internet Connections Service for RAS
  1.0.
• Microsoft Data access Components 1.5 (ADO
  ODBC).
• FrontPage98 Server Extensions.
• Windows Scripting Host (WHS).
• Microsoft Script Debugger 1.0.

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Market Share of IIS
(Source http//www.netcraft.com)
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Server Market Share
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Hardware Requirements
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Software Requirements
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Software Recommendations
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Installation Options

• Minimum install
• Typical install
• Custom install

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Upgrading to IIS 4.0

• IIS 4.0 Alpha, Beta1, Beta2, Simply remove then
  install IIS 4.0
• IIS 3.0 or IIS 2.0, delete default.asp file,
  then install IIS 4.0, no web files lost.

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Others

• Unattended Installation
• Adding and Removing Components
• Uninstalling IIS 4.0

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Install on Window 95

• Option Pack can be installed for Window 95,
  Windows 98 and NT Workstations as Personal Web
  Server (PWS).
• PWS is very useful for ASP page development.

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References

• http//www.whatis.com
• http//www.microsoft.com/iis
• Administering IIS (ISBN 000655367)

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Conclusion

• A lot more to be covered
• Excellent web dev tool using MS technologies
  (ASP, SQL Server, Index Server, MTS)
• Must for MCSE and MCSD